Vladimir Griegorovich Tretchikoff (South African, 1913-2006) Balinese dancer
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Vladimir Griegorovich Tretchikoff (South African, 1913-2006)
Balinese dancer
signed 'Tretchikoff' (lower left)
oil on canvas
59 x 122cm (23 1/4 x 48 1/16in).
Sold for £43,250 inc. premium

Footnotes

  • "All the mystic fascination of the women of the Orient has been captured in this canvas. The baffling subtlety of the expression contains all that the mind of the West finds difficult to grasp in Eastern passivity of purpose."

    BIBLIOGRAPHY:
    R. Buncher, Tretchikoff, (Cape Town, 1950)
    H. Timmins, Tretchikoff, (London, 1969)

Category: Fine Art / South African Art

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