$5,925
Aleksandr Evgen'evich Yakovlev (Russian, 1887-1938) Mexico Signed, inscribed and dated "AIacovleff MEXICO 1936" l. l., dedicated and inscribed "To Mr. Edgell in remembrance of our three years of collaboration at the Museum School and as a Friendly Souvenir...1937" on the backing,. Watercolor with gouache on paper, 12 x 18 in. (30.4 x 45.7 cm), framed. Condition: Subtle toning, tape to edges on the reverse. Provenance: Descended within the family of George Harold Edgell (1887-1954). Edgell was an architectural historian and a professor of fine arts at Harvard University. In 1934 he became a curator of paintings at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, and assumed the directorship the following year.
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2009-05-15