GEORGES ANNENKOV (1889-1974) Set of four self-portraits for the cartoon 'Elegy’

(i) signed with initials 'GA' (lower right), (ii) '64 GA' (lower right), (iii) numbered '1/6' , (iv) '59' pencil and ink on tracing paper 21.5 x 28.5 cm (each) In the 1930s, Annenkov made an astonishing cartoon entitled «Elegy» (unpublished), one of the sequences of which showed the deformations of his face, annoyed by a muse flying over him.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.