DIMITRI TOPORKOV (1885-1937) Seated Nude

signed in Cyrillic ‘Toporkov’ (upper left); signed, titled, numbered and described in Cyrillic (on the reverse) oil on canvas 80 x 140 cm Painted in late 1920s Provenance: Important private collection, Europe. Literature: Exhibition catalogue, X. Muratova, Venere Russa. Fascino femminile nell’arte russa del Novecento, Milan, Silvana Editoriale, 2014, p. 16, illustrated. Exhibited: Venere Russa. Fascino femminile nell’arte russa del Novecento, Foundazione Terruzzi Villa Regina Margherita, Bordighera, 9 July–28 September 2014.