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Pavel Tchelitchew

(Russian, 1898–1957)

erotic phantasy by pavel tchelitchew

Pavel Tchelitchew

Erotic phantasy, 1930

15,000 USD

marina composition pyramidale by pavel tchelitchew

Pavel Tchelitchew

Marina composition pyramidale, 1926

100,000 USD

two drawings by pavel tchelitchew

Pavel Tchelitchew

Two drawings, 1928

10,000 USD

portrait of a woman by pavel tchelitchew

Pavel Tchelitchew

portrait of a woman, 1930

3,000 USD

study for “ondine” by pavel tchelitchew

Pavel Tchelitchew

study for “Ondine”, 1939

5,000 USD

sketches of costumes for the play "ondine" by jean giraudoux by pavel tchelitchew

Pavel Tchelitchew

Sketches of costumes for the play "Ondine" by Jean Giraudoux, 1939

5,000 USD

sketches of costumes for the play "ondine" by pavel tchelitchew

Pavel Tchelitchew

Sketches of costumes for the play "Ondine", 1939

5,000 USD

allen tanner portrait by pavel tchelitchew

Pavel Tchelitchew

Allen Tanner portrait, 1922

75,000 USD

untitled (the thinker) by pavel tchelitchew

Pavel Tchelitchew

Untitled (The Thinker), 1922

25,000 USD

two costumes for savonorola by pavel tchelitchew

Pavel Tchelitchew

two costumes for Savonorola, 1922

50,000 USD

costume for savonorola by pavel tchelitchew

Pavel Tchelitchew

Costume for Savonorola, 1922

75,000 USD

costume for savonarola by pavel tchelitchew

Pavel Tchelitchew

Costume for Savonarola, 1922

50,000 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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