15 - IACOVLEFF (Alexander Evgenievich). Autograph note signed with his initials, in French. No place, no date. In-12 format, with a letterhead bearing his name, and, on the reverse, the map of the Citroën-Central Asia Expedition. 100/150

IACOVLEFF (Alexander Evgenievich). Autograph note signed with his initials, in French. No place, no date. In-12 format, with a letterhead bearing his name, and, on the reverse, the map of the Citroën-Central Asia Expedition. 100/150 “With my warmest regards...” THE RUSSIAN PAINTER ALEXANDRE IACOVLEFF, MEMBER OF THE “YELLOW CRUISE.” The most famous of the three expeditions launched by André Citroën, this expedition set out from Beirut in April 1931 and, passing through Persia, Afghanistan, the Pamir Mountains, the Tien Shan range, and the Gobi Desert, reached Beijing in February 1932. It was organized and led by André Citroën’s right-hand man, Georges-Marie Haardt (1884–1932), and included scientists, among them Father Teilhard de Chardin. The book published in 1933 by the expedition’s historian, Georges Le Fèvre, includes numerous reproductions of drawings made by Alexandre Iacovleff during the journey.