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Pavel Tchelitchew — Leaves Children from Hide & Seek
Pavel Tchelitchew

Leaves Children from Hide & Seek

A delicate and otherworldly work by Pavel Tchelitchew, this ink and watercolour on paper depicts children transformed into or emerging from organic, leaf-like forms, blurring the boundary between the human figure and the natural world. The fluid interplay of ink and translucent watercolour washes creates an ethereal, dreamlike quality characteristic of Tchelitchew's surrealist-inflected vision. Part of his celebrated *Hide and Seek* series, the piece reflects the artist's fascination with metamorphosis, innocence, and the hidden mysteries concealed within nature.

Medium
ink and watercolour on paper

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Contemporary Art Day Sale

February 15, 2013

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Pavel Tchelitchew, Leaves Children from Hide & Seek

A delicate and otherworldly work by Pavel Tchelitchew, this ink and watercolour on paper depicts children transformed into or emerging from organic, leaf-like forms, blurring the boundary between the human figure and the natural world. The fluid interplay of ink and translucent watercolour washes creates an ethereal, dreamlike quality characteristic of Tchelitchew's surrealist-inflected vision. Part of his celebrated *Hide and Seek* series, the piece reflects the artist's fascination with metamorphosis, innocence, and the hidden mysteries concealed within nature.

Medium
ink and watercolour on paper
Seen at
Phillips, New York, London, Hong Kong

Related themes

Surrealism, Ink and Watercolor, Figure, Mixed Media, Imaginative, Nature, Whimsical, Children, Mid-Century, Russian

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