$492
Alexis Paul Arapoff (Russian/American, 1904-1948) Three Portraits of Catherene Green Arapoff. Signed "Arapoff" l.c., l.r., and l.l. One watercolor and pencil, two gouache and ink on paper, sight sizes to 21 x 11 in., all framed. Condition: One with small tear or crease to u.r. corner, all with gentle toning, handling creases, not examined out of frames. Provenance: By descent in the family of the artist. N.B. Catherene Green Arapoff was the wife of the artist. She was from Massachusetts and a student at Radcliffe, studying abroad at the Sorbonne, when they met. They were married at the Church of the Madeleine in Paris in 1929. Exhibitions: Alexis Paul Arapoff Memorial Exhibition, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, March 12-April 13, 1952, cat. 109.
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2014-11-13
