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IACOVLEFF (ALEXANDRE) Dessins et peintures d'Asie. Exécutés au cours de l'Expedition C...
IACOVLEFF (ALEXANDRE) Dessins et peintures d'Asie. Exécutés au cours de l'Expedition Citroen Centre-Asie. Troisième mission G.-M. Haardt, [LIMITED TO 720 COPIES], 50 chromolithographed plates, lacks text, first 5 with small tear on upper margin, loose in publisher's printed portfolio boards with title on upper cover, worn, upper cover detached, folio (380 x 278mm.), [Paris, Jules Meynel, 1934] Footnotes: During 1931-1932 the Russian artist Alexandre Iacovleff (1887-1938) accompanied the Citroën Trans-Asia expedition (led by Georges Marie Haardt and Louis Audouin-Dubreuil). He recorded the scenes en route and, most notably, a series of portraits of the inhabitants of the countries through which he travelled, including Syria, Iran, Afghanistan, Mongolia and China. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com For further information about this lot please visit the lot listing
IACOVLEFF (ALEXANDRE) Dessins et peintures d'Asie. Exécutés au cours de l'Expedition Citroen Centre-Asie. Troisième mission G.-M. Haardt, [LIMITED TO 720 COPIES], 50 chromolithographed plates, lacks text, first 5 with small tear on upper margin, loose in publisher's printed portfolio boards with title on upper cover, worn, upper cover detached, folio (380 x 278mm.), [Paris, Jules Meynel, 1934] Footnotes: During 1931-1932 the Russian artist Alexandre Iacovleff (1887-1938) accompanied the Citroën Trans-Asia expedition (led by Georges Marie Haardt and Louis Audouin-Dubreuil). He recorded the scenes en route and, most notably, a series of portraits of the inhabitants of the countries through which he travelled, including Syria, Iran, Afghanistan, Mongolia and China. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com For further information about this lot please visit the lot listing