GEORGES ANNENKOV (1889-1974) Set of three drawings including two self-portraits and a «muse» for the cartoon «Elegy»
Lot 65
500600
pencil and ink on tracing paper
17.5x 25.5 cm, 20 x 29 cm, 20.5 x 26.5 cm
ca. 1930
Provenance: archives of G. Annenkov
In the 1930s, Annenkov made an astonishing cartoon entitled «Elegy» (unpublished), one of the sequences of which showed the deformations of his face, annoyed by a muse flying over him. The self-portraits, presented here, are part of this sequence.