Daria Khristova nee Chernenko
Department Director
Lot 68*
Pavel Tchelitchew(Russian, 1898-1957)A double-sided study for 'Hide-and-Seek' 33 x 25.5cm (13 x 10in).
7 June 2017, 15:00 BST
London, New Bond Street£12,000 - £15,000
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Pavel Tchelitchew (Russian, 1898-1957)
A double-sided study for 'Hide-and-Seek'
verso: signed in Latin and inscribed '1305' ( lower right)
india ink and sepia, verso: pencil on paper
33 x 25.5cm (13 x 10in).
verso: signed in Latin and inscribed '1305' ( lower right)
india ink and sepia, verso: pencil on paper
33 x 25.5cm (13 x 10in).
Footnotes
Provenance
Acquired by the present owner from Martin de Louvre Gallery, Paris, at the Park Avenue Armory Art Fair, c.2000
Probably executed around 1935-1937. One from a series of studies for a mesmerizing masterpiece 'Hide-and-Seek' currently in the collection of the Museum of Modern Art in New York. The artist's vision of metamorphic landscape includes close to 140 artfully dissimulated figures in multitudes of scales and planes which are merging, intertwining and dissolving, creating an intriguing apocalyptic vision or captivating metaphor for the never-ending life cycle.