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Pavel Tchelitchew (Russian, 1898–1957), an oil on canvas painting titled "Pyramidal composition, " 1926. Framed. The backside bears paper labels of Galerie Pierre, Musee d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, Gallery of Henrietta Gomez and more.
Exhibited: Pavel Tchelitchev, Galerie Pierre, 1929
Provenance: Pierre Berge, A THOUSAND NIGHTS OF DREAM V GENEVIEVE & JEAN PAUL KAHN COLLECTION 06/21/2022, Lot: 430
Note: Pavel Tchelitchew is a Russian, American artist, known for Abstract figures, portraits, and fantasy. A Russian-born painter and stage designer, Pavel Tchelitchew worked in many styles, changing several times and doing much experimentation. He was especially known for his almost surrealist renderings of the human body without its skin, similar to anatomical studies. He began as a Cubist, and did modernist figure paintings in the style of Picasso and then moved on to Neo-Romanticism and Surrealism. He was the founder of mystical surrealism 9 years before Salvador Dali.
19 11/16 x 24 in., (50 x 60.96 cm)
Condition: The canvas was examined under a UV light, and it revealed several touch-ups on the upper right and left corners. Small touch-ups to the bottom of the paining. The canvas has been relined.
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