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Lot 79*

Nikolai Fechin
(Russian, 1881-1955)
Portrait of Florence Wiczus

Withdrawn
Amended
7 June 2010, 14:00 BST
London, New Bond Street

£25,000 - £35,000

Nikolai Fechin (Russian, 1881-1955)

Portrait of Florence Wiczus
signed with initials 'N.F.' (lower right)
oil on board
52.5 x 47cm (20 11/16 x 18 1/2in).

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PROVENANCE:
Gifted to the sitter, Florence Wiczus, before the artist's death in 1955
Thence by descent to her daughter, circa 2003
With Robert L. Parson Fine Arts, Taos, New Mexico
Private collection, Arizona
Acquired by the present owners in 2007

Included in this lot are several items of correspondence between Florence Wiczus and various members of Fechin's family.

Florence Wiczus was an adventurous professional photographer who befriended Nikolai Fechin in the late 1940s. She photographed Fechin at work in his studio, and in 1955 he asked her to sit for him. Florence and her husband Clyde Swale practised abstract photography and in 1947, invited Fechin's daughter Eya to promote their exhibition. Luminous in colour and abstract in design, their works were perceived as imaginative and innovative. The exhibition was shown in the Santa Barbara Museum of Art and additional galleries in Santa Fe and Los Angeles.

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ICÔNE REPRÉSENTANT LA DÉISIS AVEC LES SAINTS ZOSIME ET SAVVATI Russie, première moitié du XIXe siècle