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Yakov Chernikhov

1889-1951

Composition on the Theme of a Sulphuric Acid Factory from the series Fundamentals of Modern Architecture, 1920s

pencil, pen, ink and watercolour on paper
23.8 x 29.6 cm

PROVENANCE

The artist’s grandson, Moscow

Sale: Sotheby’s London, 6 April 1989, lot 621

Private collection, UK
Sale: Christie’s London, 3 November 1999, lot 185

Barry Friedman Ltd., New York (stock no. BF4524)

EXHIBITED

Rome, Palazzo delle Esposizione, Architetture nel paese dei Soviet 1917-1933, 1982

Paris, Centre Georges Pompidou, Tchernikhov: Fantaisies architecturales, 1985, p. 142, fig. 154 (illustrated)

London, Alon Zakaim Fine Art Gallery, Yakov Chernikhov 1889-1951: The Soviet Piranesi, 5 December 2018 – 21 January 2019

Literature

Chernikhov, Fundamentals of Modern Architecture, Leningrad, 1930, p. 58 (illustrated)

Butterwick/A.Zakaim,Yakov Chernikhov 1889-1951: The Soviet Piranesi, catalogue, London, 2018, p. 39 (illustrated)

Composition on the Theme of a Sulphuric Acid Factory from the series Fundamentals of Modern Architecture, 1920s - Yakov Chernikhov

Composition on the Theme of a Sulphuric Acid Factory from the series Fundamentals of Modern Architecture, 1920s - Yakov Chernikhov

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