A PAVEL TCHELITCHEW GOUACHE ON PAPER PAINTING, UNTITLED (THE THINKER), 1922

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Start price: $15,000

Estimated price: $20,000 - $25,000

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Pavel Tchelitchew (Russian, 1898–1957), a gouache on paper painting, Untitled (The Thinker), 1922. Signed and dated upper left.Framed. Bears Christie’s auction house paper labels on the backside.

Provenance: Leland Little auction, USA, 9/9/2023, lot158.

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.

33 3/4 x 25 1/4 in., (85.72 x 64.13 cm)

Condition: Good, no damage or restoration.

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