May 25, 2023 - Sale 2638

Sale 2638 - Lot 14

Price Realized: $ 5,000
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 5,000 - $ 7,000
PAVEL TCHELITCHEW (1898 - 1957, RUSSIAN)
Untitled, (Head).

Ink and crayon on paper, c. 1954. Inscribed, to dear Berman for his birthday- / from, signed, Pavel, and dated, 21/XI/5..., in lower margin. 267x197 mm; 10 1/2x7 3/4 inches.

Provenance: Lawrence Saphire; thence by descent to the current owner.

The inscription could possibly refer to the artist, Eugene Berman (1899-1972).