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Property from the Family of George Platt Lynes
Pavel Tchelitchew
Portrait of George Platt Lynes
Estimate
250,000 - 350,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
Property from the Family of George Platt Lynes
Pavel Tchelitchew
1898 - 1957
Portrait of George Platt Lynes
signed P. Tchelitchew and dated 37 and 42 (lower right)
oil on canvas
46 by 34 ⅛ in.
117 by 86.4 cm.
Executed circa 1937-42.
George Platt Lynes, New York (acquired as a gift from the artist)
Thence by descent to the present owners
Exh. Cat., New York, The Museum of Modern Art, Tchelitchew, Paintings, Drawings, 1942, p. 100, illustrated (in situ in the artist's studio)
Lincoln Kirstein, Pavel Tchelitchew, New York, 1964, no. 51, no. 173, illustrated in color
Parker Tyler, The Divine Comedy of Pavel Tchelitchew: A Biography, Charlestown, 1998, n.p., illustrated (in situ in the artist's studio)
New York, Gallery of Modern Art, Pavel Tchelitchew, 1964, no. 187, p. 65
New York, David Zwirner, Young & Evil, 2019
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