Lot 87
  • 87

Pavel Tchelitchew

Estimate
4,000 - 6,000 GBP
bidding is closed

Description

  • Pavel Tchelitchew
  • Still Life with Pears
  • signed in Latin l.r.; further bearing Neuberger Museum label on the reverse
  • watercolour on paper laid on canvas 
  • 33 by 48cm, 13 by 19in.

Provenance

Julien Levy Gallery, New York
Tajan Paris, Hommage à Julien Levy, 6 October 2004, lot 283
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner

Condition

The sheet has been laid on canvas. There is a surface scratch approximately 15cm in length running under the pear on the far left side. There is a minor stain in the upper right. There is a fleck of paint loss near the centre of the lower right quadrant. There are scattered spots of foxing, notably along the left edge. The sheet has slightly discoloured in line with age. Held in a gold painted wooden frame behind glass. Unexamined out of glass.
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