Artist: Lado Gudiashvili (Georgian, 1896-1980). Title: "Jeune femme avec un coq". Medium: Pastel and ink on paper. Date: Composed 1977. Dimensions: Overall size: 11 1/8 x 9 in. (283 x 229 mm). Lot Note(s): Signed and dated, lower right. Cream wove textured paper. Good condition; a few light spots in the image, else fine; overall presents very well. Comment(s): Gudiashvili was arguably the most prominent Georgian artist of the 20th century. Studying in Paris in the 1920s, he frequented the famous "La Ruche," a colony of painters where he met Amedeo Modigliani, Natalia Goncharova, and Mikhail Larionov. Image copyright © The Estate of Lado Gudiashvili. [29814-2-3000]