Lot 32: * TERPSIKHOROV, NIKOLAI (1890-1960) Turkmen Girl with Watermelon

* TERPSIKHOROV, NIKOLAI (1890-1960) Turkmen Girl with Watermelon, signed, also further signed, titled in Cyrillic and dated 1935 on the reverse. Oil on canvas, 96.5 by 64.5 cm.
Provenance: Acquired directly from Natalia Terpsikhorova, the artist’s daughter, by the present owner in Moscow, 1990s.
Important private collection, USA.

Authenticity certificate from Natalia Terpsikhorova.

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

Literature: Exhibition catalogue, Nikolai Terpsikhorov, Master Artist of Mother Russia , Springville, Springville Museum of Art, 2008, illustrated on the front cover; p. 56, pl. XXXII, illustrated; p. 98, listed.
Nikolai Terpsikhorov. Zhivopis, Grafika , Moscow, 2011, p. 68, illustrated.