Fatma
Artist
Pavel Tchelitchew
(American, born Russia, 1898 - 1957)
Date1956
MediumOil on canvas
DimensionsUnframed: 45 3/4 x 32 3/16 inches (116.21 x 81.76 cm)
Framed: 46 1/2 x 32 3/4 inches (118.11 x 83.19 cm)
Framed: 46 1/2 x 32 3/4 inches (118.11 x 83.19 cm)
Credit LineGift of the Friends of Art
Object number57-31
SignedSigned and dated lower right: P. Tchelitchew. 56 IV
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DescriptionAgainst a dark blue background, half- length simulacrum of female figure executed in glowing polychrome circles and ellipses in line, within framework of intersecting straight lines; right arm bent at elbow, left arm raised high, head encircled by halo topped with globe and crescent.Published References“Après avoir passionné l’Amérique, un peintre des ballets russes, Tchelitchew, veut conqueror Paris avec ses figures conçues comme des ‘paniers à salade’ multicolores,” [1956], clipping, NAMA curatorial fi les; Les Peintures Récentes de Pavel Tchelitchew, exh. cat. (Paris: Galerie Rive Gauche, 1956), unpaginated; Tchelitchew to P. J. K[elleher], 12 April 1957, NAMA curatorial fi les; Gallery News
(William Rockhill Nelson Gallery of Art and Mary Atkins Museum of Fine Arts) 24 (May 1957), unpaginated; One Hundred and Fifty-third Annual Exhibition: American Painting and Sculpture, exh. cat. (Philadelphia: Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, in collaboration with Detroit Institute of Arts, 1958), unpaginated; New Accessions USA, 1958, exh. cat. (Colorado Springs: Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center, 1958), unpaginated; NAMA 1959, 148, 257; Parker Tyler, “Tchelitchew: The Melancholy of Anatomy,” Art News 63 (April 1964), 38, 56; Pavel Tchelitchew, exh. cat. (New York: Gallery of Modern Art, 1964), 68; NAMA 1959, 257; Parker Tyler, The Divine Comedy of Pavel Tchelitchew (New York: Fleet Publishing Corporation, 1967), 30; NAMA 1973, 203.
(William Rockhill Nelson Gallery of Art and Mary Atkins Museum of Fine Arts) 24 (May 1957), unpaginated; One Hundred and Fifty-third Annual Exhibition: American Painting and Sculpture, exh. cat. (Philadelphia: Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, in collaboration with Detroit Institute of Arts, 1958), unpaginated; New Accessions USA, 1958, exh. cat. (Colorado Springs: Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center, 1958), unpaginated; NAMA 1959, 148, 257; Parker Tyler, “Tchelitchew: The Melancholy of Anatomy,” Art News 63 (April 1964), 38, 56; Pavel Tchelitchew, exh. cat. (New York: Gallery of Modern Art, 1964), 68; NAMA 1959, 257; Parker Tyler, The Divine Comedy of Pavel Tchelitchew (New York: Fleet Publishing Corporation, 1967), 30; NAMA 1973, 203.
Copyright© The Estate of Pavel Tchelitchew
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