PAVEL TCHELITCHEW | THE MAN WITH THREE LEGS (STUDY FOR "PHENOMENA")

PAVEL TCHELITCHEW (1898 - 1957)
THE MAN WITH THREE LEGS (STUDY FOR "PHENOMENA")

Signed P Tchelitchew and dated 1938 (lower right)
Pen and ink and ink wash on paper
11 by 15 in. (27.9 by 38.1 cm)
Framed: 18¼ by 22¼ in. (46.4 by 56.5 cm)
Executed in 1938.

Condition Report:
Executed on cream wove paper. All four corners of the sheet have been mounted with photo corners. The bottom edge is deckled and the top edge is unevenly cut. Minor handling creases across the right edge. There is a 1/4 inch tear to the left half of the top edge. Some minor scattered staining, most notably to the center of the left edge. Scattered handling creases. The pigment is well preserved. This work is in good condition.

Provenance:
Lincoln Kirstein, New York

Gallery of Surrealism, New York

Acquired from the above in November 2002