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Nahum Tschacbasov
"Artist Self Portrait"

1975

About the Item

Original acrylic on black laid paper painting by the Russian/American artist, Nahum Tschacbasov. Signed top right and dated 1975. This is a self portrait of the artist at the age of 75. Provenance: Estate of the artist. Nahum Tschacbasov's career spanned a period of over 50 years. He lived in the Chelsea Hotel in New York City for almost all of his painting career. He studied in Paris in the early 1930's with Georges Rouault and Fernand Leger. Nahum Tschacbasov had four solo shows at ACA Gallery in New York City in the early 1940's and later with Perl's Gallery from 1945 to 1947. Later in his career Tschacbasov exhibited his paintings at John Heller Gallery, also in New York City. Nahum Tschacbasov's paintings are in the permanent collections of the Metropolitan Museum in New York, the Jewish Museum, the Brooklyn Museum, the Pennsylvania Museum, the Pennsylvania Fine Arts Museum as well as many private college and corporate collections. Tschacbasov died in 1984 at the age of 84.
  • Creator:
    Nahum Tschacbasov (1899-1984, American)
  • Creation Year:
    1975
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 25.75 in (65.41 cm)Width: 19.75 in (50.17 cm)
  • Medium:
  • Movement & Style:
  • Period:
  • Condition:
    Not framed.
  • Gallery Location:
    Southampton, NY
  • Reference Number:
    1stDibs: LU1411999863
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