Lot 152: * TERPSIKHOROV, NIKOLAI (1890-1960), Birch Logs, singed.

* TERPSIKHOROV, NIKOLAI (1890-1960), Birch Logs, singed, Oil on canvas, 60 by 98.5 cm.
Executed c. 1938-1939.

Provenance: Acquired directly from Natalia Terpsikhorova, the artist’s daughter, by the present owner in Moscow in the late 1990s.
Important private collection, USA.

Authenticity certificate from Natalia Terpsikhorova.

Exhibited: Nikolai Terpsikhorov, Master Artist of Mother Russia , Springville Museum of Art, Springville, 13 September-16 October 2008.

Literature: Exhibition catalogue, Nikolai Terpsikhorov, Master Artist of Mother Russia , Springville, Springville Museum of Art, 2008, p. 32, pl. XIV, illustrated; p. 99, listed.