Youri (Georges) ANNENKOV (1889-1974) Self-portrait Set of four pencils and ink created for the cartoon "Elegy", c 1930. Inks on tracing paper, one monogrammed, annotations. 20.5 x 26; 23.5 x 30.5; 24.5 x 29.5 cm; 23 x 29 cm; 2 framed
In the 1930s, Yuri Annenkov created an astonishing cartoon entitled "Elegy" (unpublished), one of whose sequences showed the deformations of his face, annoyed by a muse twirling above him. The self-portraits and muses presented here are part of these sequences. Provenance: Annenkov archives.
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