29 November 2017 Russian Art Auctions

29 November 2017

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Dancing at Dusk

*§ 147. MILIOTI, NIKOLAI (1874-1962)

Dancing at Dusk

Oil on board, laid on cardboard, 18 by 17 cm.
15,000-20,000 GBP


Provenance: Collection of Igor Kachurin, St Petersburg.
Russian Sale, Sotheby’s London, 19 May 2005, lot 91.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
Private collection, USA.

Literature: A Time to Gather... Russian Art from Foreign Private Collections, St Petersburg, Palace Editions, 2007, p. 25, the work can be seen on the wall of the collector’s apartment.

The present lot is a study for the Milioti’s 1906 (?) painting Khorovod (Circle Dance), currently in the collection of the State Russian Museum.


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