Igor Pantuhoff (Russian-American, 1911-1972), Young Girl

Oil on canvas, signed at lower right, presented within a linen liner and period frame.

Stretcher size 20 x 16 in.; Frame dimensions 26 3/4 x 22 3/4 in.

Born in Russia in 1911, Igor Pantuhoff emigrated with his family to the United States in 1923 following the Russian Revolution. He studied with Hans Hofmann and at the National Academy of Design in New York.

During the 1930s, Pantuhoff lived in Chelsea with artist Lee Krasner, with whom he maintained a relationship for more than a decade. He later left New York to establish himself on the West Coast as a society portraitist. His sitters included Princess Grace of Monaco, Mrs. James V. Forrestal, Laurance S. Rockefeller, and Anthony Drexel Duke.

While remembered in his New York Times obituary as a portrait painter, Pantuhoff achieved his greatest recognition in the 1960s for his “big-eyes” paintings, which remain the hallmark of his career.

Some foxing to linen liner; otherwise in good estate condition.