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TITLE:
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Spangled Head [Portrait of Charles Henry Ford under snow]
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WORK DATE:
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1935
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CATEGORY:
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Mixed Media
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MATERIALS:
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Watercolor, gouache and sequins on illustration board. In original American beginning of 20th century Art Nouveau style gesso and hand-carved parcel gilded cassette frame by A. E. Schneider, Seattle (label on the back).
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MARKINGS:
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Signed P. Tchelitchew and inscribed 35 II/Chicago (lower right), also inscribed Spangled / Head / P Tchelitchew 1935 / Chicago / to store until my return / in Nov 1949 (verso).
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SIZE:
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h: 30 x w: 20 in / h: 76.2 x w: 50.8 cm
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REGION:
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Russian
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STYLE:
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Surrealism (ca. 1910-1940s)
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DESCRIPTION:
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Enclosed is a postcard written by the sitter Charles Henri Ford, a poet and a writer and brother of actress Ruth Ford, autograph note signed, New York, 22 December 1975, to fellow poet Diane di Prima, asking her to send a postcard with message and stamped for his exhibition. He instructs her to send it to him (his name) so this has both a printed and a script autograph. Interestingly, the card he selected is of a work by Pavel Tchelitchew, then deceased but had been Ford's longtime lover.
More works by the artist are available at www.Russianartsalon.com.
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PROVENANCE:
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The estate of Madam Lucia Davidova, New York (Sale Sotheby’s New York September 29, 1994 lot 264, illustrated).
Sotheby’s New York, The collecting Eye of Seymour Stein 11 Dec 03 lot 213.
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LITERATURE:
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Compare: another example of the same collage technique with sequins in portrait of Helena Rubinstein - Paintings. Drawings. Text by Thrall Soby. Museum of Modern Art, NY. 1942, #38, p.63.
“A Time to Gather… Russian Art From Foreign Private collections”, State Russian Museum, Saint-Petersburg, Palace Editions,2008, illustrated on p.22; Art+Auction, March 2008, illustrated on p. 83.
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EXHIBITION HISTORY:
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“American Artists from the Russian Empire” State Rusian Museum, Tretiakov Gallery 2009, Palace Editions, (#77 of the catalog, illustrated on p. 208).
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