PAVEL TCHELITCHEW | SURVIVORS ON THE ROCKS (STUDY FOR "PHENOMENA")

PAVEL TCHELITCHEW (1898 - 1957)
SURVIVORS ON THE ROCKS (STUDY FOR "PHENOMENA")

Signed P Tchelitchew and dated 35 (upper left)
Gouache, watercolor, pastel and pen and ink on paper mounted on board
20 by 14 in. (50.8 by 35.6 cm)
Framed: 29 by 23 in. (73.7 by 58.4 cm)
Executed in 1935.

Condition Report:
Executed on blue-colored wove paper which has been laid down on board. The board is sound. The top and right edges are deckled. The pigments are well preserved. The sheet is time-struck, with the original blue color of the sheet visible only around the extreme edges. Some minor nicks to the extreme edges. A few flattened creases, inherent to the process of laying the sheet down on board. A square shaped loss measuring 1/2 inch to the center of the bottom edge and an additional loss to the lower right edge measuring approximately 2 inches in length. A few possible minor tears to the top edge, measuring no greater than 1/2 inch in length. Otherwise, fine. This work is in good condition.

Provenance:
Private Collection, New York (and sold: Sotheby's, New York, February 23, 2005, lot 75)

Gallery of Surrealism, New York (acquired at the above sale)

Acquired from the above in March 2005