28 Nov 2018 Important Russian Art Auctions, at Asia House

28 November 2018

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Mon jardin à Orsay

37. TARKHOFF, NIKOLAI (1871–1930)

Mon jardin à Orsay, signed, also further signed, inscribed "Orsay/Seine et Oise" and titled twice, once in Cyrillic, on the reverse.

Oil on canvas, 193 by 112 cm.
60,000-80,000 GBP


Executed in 1912.

Authenticity of the work has been confirmed by the Nicolas Tarkhoff Committee and the painting will be included in the forthcoming catalogue raisonné of the artist.
Authenticity has also been confirmed by the expert Yu. Rybakova.
Authenticity has also been confirmed by the experts V. Kruglov and G. Krechina.

Exhibited: Vystavka kartin “Mir iskusstva”, Moscow, 13 November–18 December 1912.

Literature: Exhibition catalogue, Katalog vystavki kartin “Mir iskusstva”, Moscow, Tovarishchestvo Tipo-litografii I.M. Mashistova, 1912, No. 327, listed as Moi sad v Oisay [sic].
V. Bialik, Nikolai Tarkhov, Moscow, Iskusstvo–XXI vek, 2006, p. 304, mentioned in the letter.
G. Romanov, Mir iskusstva. 1898–1927, St Petersburg-Moscow, Global Vyu–Sankt-Peterburg Orkestr, 2010, p. 22, No. 327, included in the list of works for the 1912 Moscow exhibition as Moi sad v Oisay [sic].


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