LOT DETAILS

Materials:

oil on canvas

Measurements:

38.58 in. (98.00 cm.) (height) by 31.50 in. (80.00 cm.) (width)

Markings:

signed in Latin and dated 1926 l.l.

Exhibited:

Paris, Hotel Jean Charpentier, Exhibition of Paintings and Drawings of Africa by Alexander Yakovlev, 7 - 23 May 1926, no.26 Paris, The Louvre Museum, Pavillon de Marsan, Exhibition The Croisière Noire, October - December 1926 (prolonged until February 1927),

Literature:

'A. Iacovleff in Africa', Jar Ptitza, 1926, no.14, p.28 illustrated A.Alexandre, 'Iacovleff, Citroën et le mystère noir' in The Renaissance of French Art and Luxury Industries, October 1926 C.Haardt de la Baume, Alexandré Iacovleff, l'artiste voyageur, Paris: Flammarion, 2000, p.91 illustrated A.Iacovleff, Drawings and Paintings of Africa. Travel sketches and notes, Paris: Lucien Vogel, 1927, illustrated plate 36 C.Haardt de la Baume, Alexandre Yakovlev, Itinérances, Paris: Somogy éditions d'art, 2004, illustrated plate 39.

Provenance:

Georges-Marie Haardt, Paris Maitre Blache, Versailles, La Croisière Noire: Peinture-Dessins-Croquis par A.Iacovleff, 23 May 1967, lot 58 Acquired from the above by the parents of the present owner