A GROUP OF 7 WORKS ON PAPER BY LEV SHEKHTEL [ZHEGIN] (RUSSIAN 1892-1969) comprising:
a) Portrait of a Girl, watercolor on paper, 14 x 11.7 cm (5 1/2 x 4 5/8 in.) [sight] b) Composition with Figures, charcoal on paper, 21 x 23.5 cm (8 1/4 x 9 1/4 in.) [sight] c) Composition with Figures (in colors), 1919-20, crayons, graphite and watercolor on paper, 22.5 x 14 cm (8 7/8 x 5 1/2 in.) d) Portrait of an Elderly Woman, gouache and charcoal on paper, 19 x 14.5 cm (7 1/2 x 5 3/4 in.) [sight], inscribed in Cyrillic A work by Zhegin-Shekhtel, from Zonova-Shekhtel on verso e) Portrait of Marina Shekhtel, 1934, colored pencils on paper, 17 x 16 cm (6 3/4 x 6 1/4 in.) [sight], inscribed with artist`s name, title, date and provenance by Marina Shekhtel in Cyrillic on verso f) Portrait of Natalia Timofeyevna Shekhtel, gouache on paper, 9.5 x 8.5 cm (3 3/4 x 3 3/8 in.) g) Portrait of Mother, 1909, graphite and crayons on paper, 12 x 10 cm (4 3/4 x 3 7/8 in.), signed and dated lower left; inscribed Natalia Timofeyevna Shekhtel 1912 Nagornaya on verso
PROVENANCE Acquired by the present owner from the family of the artist in 1989