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MICHAEL LEONARD (BRITISH, B. 1933)
Bather's knee
signed with initials and dated 'ML/95' (right edge)
graphite pencil on paper
7 x 7æ in. (17.8 x 19.6 cm.)
Drawn in 1995.
$1,000-1,500
PROVENANCE:
Thomas Gibson Fine Art Ltd., London.
Forum Gallery, New York.

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PAVEL TCHELITCHEW (RUSSIAN, 1898–1957)
Standing male nude
signed 'P.Tchelitchew' (verso)
gouache on paper
18√ x 12¡ in. (48 x 31.3 cm.)
$6,000-8,000

PROVENANCE:
With Julian Hartnoll, London.
Anonymous sale; Stair Galleries, New York, 7 June 2014,
lot 264.
The Chinese Porcelain Company, New York.
LITERATURE:
D. Leddick, The Homoerotic Art of Pavel Tchelitchev
1929-1939, North Pomfret, VT, 1999, p. 13.

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