Lot 71
Tretchikoff, Vladimir Grigoryevich
Rare Books, Maps & Manuscripts
Auction: 15 January 2014 at 11:00 GMT
Description
Timmins, Howard Tretchikoff. George G. Harrap & Company Limited, [1969?]. Folio, signed and inscribed by Tretchikoff, original grey buckram in gold dust-jacket; [and] Three typed, signed letters dated 1973-74, from Tretchikoff to senior staff at Patrick Thomsons in Edinburgh, who were hosting a Tretchikoff exhibition during the Edinburgh Festival, along with other correspondence regarding the exhibition; [and] The exhibition visitors' book, signed by Tretchikoff to front free endpaper, with three photographs of Tretchikoff and the exhibition; Tretchikoff, V.G. Pigeon's luck. Collins, 1973 8vo, dust-jacket; [and] A signed Tretchikoff print of flowers (3 books, 3 photographs, 1 print, 15 leaves of letters and documents)
Footnote
Note: This small archive relates to the 1973 exhibition of Tretchikoff's work at Patrick Thomsons department store in Edinburgh (now the Carlton Hotel on North Bridge). There are several letters regarding the exhibition, including three from Tretchikoff, regarding lack of payment for paintings, a BBC production about Tretchikoff and thanks to the department store for helping with the exhibition