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Russian Art Salon

New York

Pavel Tchelitchew

(Russian, 1898–1957)

costume by pavel tchelitchew

Pavel Tchelitchew

Costume, 1923

10,000 USD

nude by pavel tchelitchew

Pavel Tchelitchew

Nude, 1940

5,000 USD

projet de costume d’arlequin by pavel tchelitchew

Pavel Tchelitchew

Projet de Costume d’Arlequin, 1923

10,000 USD

costume design for a lady dancer with hand on heart by pavel tchelitchew

Pavel Tchelitchew

Costume design for a lady dancer with hand on heart, 1920

15,000 USD

costume for "golden cockerel" by pavel tchelitchew

Pavel Tchelitchew

Costume for "Golden Cockerel", 1923

10,000 USD

bathers by pavel tchelitchew

Pavel Tchelitchew

Bathers, 1923

3,000 USD

composition by pavel tchelitchew

Pavel Tchelitchew

Composition, 1953

30,000 USD

theatre set (carpeted multilevel floor) by pavel tchelitchew

Pavel Tchelitchew

Theatre set (carpeted multilevel floor), 1923

10,000 USD

decor by pavel tchelitchew

Pavel Tchelitchew

Decor, 1924

10,000 USD

bon voyage by pavel tchelitchew

Pavel Tchelitchew

Bon Voyage

15,000 USD

green venus by pavel tchelitchew

Pavel Tchelitchew

Green Venus, 1928

20,000 USD

orpheus by pavel tchelitchew

Pavel Tchelitchew

Orpheus, 1931

7,000 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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