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Fechin's Father

Artist Nicolai Fechin (Russian (active in the United States), 1881 - 1955)

Date1952

Mediumcharcoal on hand-made Chinese paper

Dimensions18 3/8 x 14 5/8 inches (46.7 x 37.1 cm)
Frame: 26 3/4 × 22 3/4 × 2 inches (67.9 × 57.8 × 5.1 cm)

Credit LineBequest of H.J. Lutcher Stark, 1965

Object number31.28.53

ClassificationsPaper

DescriptionFrame carved by Fechin.

Label TextNicolai Fechin used charcoal for this sensitive portrait of his father. Ivan Alexandrovitch Fechin (unknown birth date-1918) was a woodcarver and gilder. Young Nicolai obtained his first artistic training in his father’s workshop. The father then encouraged Nicolai to go to art school. Ivan Fechin remained a vital influence on the artist. Nicolai portrayed his father in numerous paintings and drawings. The artist created some of the portraits from memory after the father’s death.

ProvenanceArtist. his daughter Eya Fechin Branham, Santa Monica, California; purchased June 12, 1962 through (Hammer Galleries, New York, New York) by H.J. Lutcher Stark [1887-1965]; bequeathed September 2, 1965 to the Nelda C. and H.J. Lutcher Stark Foundation; accessioned to the Stark Museum of Art

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