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Lot 56

Pavel Tchelitchew
(Russian, 1898-1957)
'Feral benga'

5 June 2013, 14:00 BST
London, New Bond Street

£5,000 - £7,000

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Pavel Tchelitchew (Russian, 1898-1957)

'Feral benga'
signed on verso with studio stamp, further titled in Latin and numbered variously '1543' and '35A'
pen, ink and wash on paper
30.5 x 19.8cm (12 x 7 13/16in).

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PROVENANCE:
Richard Nathanson

Tchelitchew developed an anthropological fascination with African physiognomy after reading the works of the influential French writer Raymond Roussel, including Impressions d'Afrique, Nouvelles Impressions d'Afrique and Locus Solus. In 1932 the artist drew a series of studies of African heads in his Paris studio, to which the offered lot may possibly belong.

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