Lot #300: LADO GUDIASHVILI - Jeune femme avec un coq - Pastel and ink on paper

 

Artist: Lado Gudiashvili (Georgian, 1896-1980).
Title: "Jeune femme avec un coq".
Medium: Pastel and ink on paper.
Date: Composed 1977.
Dimensions: Overall size: 11 1/8 x 9 in. (283 x 229 mm).
Lot Note(s): Signed and dated, lower right. Cream wove textured paper. Good condition; a few light spots in the image, else fine; overall presents very well. Comment(s): Gudiashvili was arguably the most prominent Georgian artist of the 20th century. Studying in Paris in the 1920s, he frequented the famous "La Ruche," a colony of painters where he met Amedeo Modigliani, Natalia Goncharova, and Mikhail Larionov. Image copyright © The Estate of Lado Gudiashvili. [29814-2-3000]