ID 908448
Lot 526 | ALEXANDRE IACOVLEFF (1887-1938)
Estimate value
£ 20 000 – 30 000
Wrestler
signed, dated and inscribed 'A. Jacovleff./Paris 1922.' (lower left); signed 'A. Jacovleff.' (on the reverse)
oil on canvas
31 1/2 x 25 1/4 in. (80 x 64 cm.)
Painted in Paris in 1922
Provenance
Private collection, North Germany, by whom acquired circa the 1960s, and thence by descent to the present owners.
Special notice
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Post lot text
We are grateful to Elena Yakovleva, Doctor of Art History, Senior Researcher of the Russian Institute of Art History, St Petersburg for her assistance in cataloguing the present lot.
| Artist: | Aleksandr Evgenevich Iakovlev (1887 - 1938) |
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| Applied technique: | Oil, Painted |
| Art style: | Expressionism |
| Place of origin: | Eastern Europe, Western Europe, France, Europe, Russia |
| Auction house category: | Paintings |
| Artist: | Aleksandr Evgenevich Iakovlev (1887 - 1938) |
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| Applied technique: | Oil, Painted |
| Art style: | Expressionism |
| Place of origin: | Eastern Europe, Western Europe, France, Europe, Russia |
| Auction house category: | Paintings |
| Address of auction |
CHRISTIE'S 8 King Street, St. James's SW1Y 6QT London United Kingdom | |
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