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A GEORGES POGEDAIEFF ILLUSTRATION FOR DEAD SOULS - Georges Anatolievich Pogedaieff (Russian, French, 1899-1971), one of the series of 12 artworks, charcoal, and crayon on paper illustration for Nikolai Gogol's ”Dead Souls” depicting Chichikov with Manilov and Korobochka. Signed lower left: ”Georges A. de Pogedaieff.” Executed in Germany-occupied Paris in the 1940s. Inscribed on the back. Matted and framed. Provenance: Sotheby's, New York, 2012. Dimensions: 11 x 8 in., (28 x 20.3 cm.) Condition: Excellent.