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Yiannis Tsarouchis(Greek, 1910-1989)Neoclassical house with horse rider at the beach and cave 134 x 253.5 cm.
26 November 2013, 14:00 GMT
London, New Bond StreetSold for £62,500 inc. premium
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Yiannis Tsarouchis (Greek, 1910-1989)
Neoclassical house with horse rider at the beach and cave
signed in Greek and dated 1967 (lower right)
acrylic on canvas
134 x 253.5 cm.
signed in Greek and dated 1967 (lower right)
acrylic on canvas
134 x 253.5 cm.
Footnotes
PROVENANCE:
Iro Sismani, Greek choreographer, and thence by descent to the present owner.
LITERATURE:
E. Florou, Tsarouchis - Painting, doctoral dissertation, Athens 1989, no. 689, vol. 1, p. 254 (listed); vol. 2 (illustrated).
This work, which was a personal commission by its first owner, is the largest and most skillfully painted dreamlike landscape by Yannis Tsarouchis. A smaller variant in watercolour, without the horse and the rider, is present in the Collection of the National Bank of Greece.
