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Alexandre Iacovleff
Lithograph "The Black Cruise" Illustrated by Alexandre Iacovleff

1927

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After Drawings and paintings from Africa. Executed during the Citroën Center Africa Expedition. Second Haardt mission, Audoin-Dubreuil.Paris, Jules Meynial, [1927]. Folio (380 x 277 mm). From edition illustrated with numerous sketches in the text and 50 color plates by Alexandre Iacovleff. Edition limited to 1,020 copies . Official painter of the two expeditions launched by André Citroën, Alexandre Iacovleff participated in 1924 in the Black Cruise which crossed the Sahara, Niger, Chad and Congo to arrive in Madagascar Alexandre Yevgenievich Jacovleff 1887 –1938) was a neoclassicist painter, draughtsman, designer and etcher. Between 1924 and 1925 he took part in an expedition to the Sahara desert and Equatorial Africa organized by Citroën (Croisière Noire). His African paintings were a big success and as a result Jacovleff was awarded the Legion of Honor by the French government in 1926. In 1928, Jacovleff organized a large personal exhibition in Moscow. Between 1931 and 1932, he was the Artistic Adviser of another Citroën expedition, this time across Asia: the Yellow Expedition. He travelled through Syria, Iran, Afghanistan, Mongolia and China, and created a number of orientalist paintings. From 1934 to 1937, Jacovleff was the Director of the Painting Department of the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Note : Size is framed
  • Creator:
    Alexandre Iacovleff (1887 - 1938, Russian)
  • Creation Year:
    1927
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 23 in (58.42 cm)Width: 18 in (45.72 cm)Depth: 1 in (2.54 cm)
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  • Gallery Location:
    Pasadena, CA
  • Reference Number:
    1stDibs: LU406313548032
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