Subasta Bidspirit | TCHELITCHEW PAVEL: (1898-1957) Russian-born American
TCHELITCHEW PAVEL: (1898-1957) Russian-born American Surrealist Painter and Designer. Tchelitchew co... - TCHELITCHEW PAVEL: (1898-1957) Russian-born American Surrealist Painter and Designer. Tchelitchew collaborated as a set and costume designer with Sergei Diaghilev and George Balanchine. Interesting autograph signed thoughts by Tchelitchew about himself and his painting works, one page, oblong 4to, in German, and stating in part `Painting was my life and my livelihood´, further saying about the one he thinks is his most important work `Cache Cache, 1942 belonging to the Museum of Modern Art, N.Y - P. Tchelitchew´. To the heading bearing the collector´s annotations with questions Tchelitchew responds to, also indicating the date this statement was obtained, 21st June 1954. Very small overall age wear with few creases, otherwise G £300-400