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Pavel Tchelitchew

(Russian, 1898–1957)

three heads (portrait of rené crevel) by pavel tchelitchew

Pavel Tchelitchew

THREE HEADS (PORTRAIT OF RENÉ CREVEL), 1926

100,000 USD

charles henri ford by pavel tchelitchew

Pavel Tchelitchew

Charles Henri Ford, 1935

80,000 USD

four costume designs for berlin theatres by pavel tchelitchew

Pavel Tchelitchew

Four costume designs for Berlin theatres, 1922–1923

Price on Request

four works for berlin theatres by pavel tchelitchew

Pavel Tchelitchew

Four works for Berlin theatres

Price on Request

four costume designs for berlin theatres 1920th by pavel tchelitchew

Pavel Tchelitchew

Four costume designs for Berlin theatres 1920th

Price on Request

four erotic drawings by pavel tchelitchew

Pavel Tchelitchew

Four erotic drawings, 1940

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two portraits by pavel tchelitchew

Pavel Tchelitchew

Two portraits

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four expressive heads by pavel tchelitchew

Pavel Tchelitchew

Four expressive heads, created: 1937

10,000 USD

4 paintings and drawings by pavel tchelitchew

Pavel Tchelitchew

4 paintings and drawings, 1930

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decor hor "savonarola" by pavel tchelitchew

Pavel Tchelitchew

Decor hor "Savonarola", 1923

30,000 USD

costume by pavel tchelitchew

Pavel Tchelitchew

costume, 1923

10,000 USD

berlin genre scene by pavel tchelitchew

Pavel Tchelitchew

Berlin Genre Scene, 1923

20,000 USD

Biography

Timeline

1898
Born in Moscow, Russia
1918
Attended the Kiev Academy
Made street posters and stage sets for local theaters
1921 - 1923
Went to Berlin, met Sergei Diaghilev of the Ballet Russe
1923
Moved to Paris and began easel painting
1934
Visited America, continued designing sets for ballets, in association with George Balanchine and Igor Stravinsky
1957
Died

Exhibitions

2000
Private Realisms: American Paintings 1934-1949, Jonathan Edwards College, Yale University, New Haven, CT
1998
The Surrealist Vision: Europe and The Americas, Bruce Museum, Greenwich, FL
Katonah Art Museum, Katonah, NY (solo)
1997
Surrealism and American Art 1932-1949, Boca Raton Museum of Art, Boca Raton, FL
1994
Perceivable Realities (Eilshemius, Graves, Tanner and Tchelitchew), Michael Rosenfeld Gallery, New York, NY
1993
Pavel Tchelitchew: Nature Transformed, Michael Rosenfeld Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
1992
Art of the 1940s, Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
1991
Michael Rosenfeld Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
1964
Gallery of Modern Art, New York, NY (solo)
1952
Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, MI (solo)

Public Collections

Boston Museum
Courtauld Institute, London
Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris
Musée de Beaux-Arts, Grenoble
Museum of Modern Art, New York
Philadelphia Museum

Literature

1993
Pavel Tchelitchew: Nature Transformed. New York, NY: Michael Rosenfeld Gallery, 1993
English (US)

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