Lot 57: TYRSA, NIKOLAI 1887-1942 Nude of the Model Yashel

TYRSA, NIKOLAI 1887-1942 Nude of the Model Yashel Fonda c.1933. Oil on canvas, 57.5 by 80 cm. Provenance: Acquired directly from the daughters of the artist. Exhibited: Nikolai Andreevich Tyrsa , Leningrad, 1946. Nikolai Andreevich Tyrsa , LOSKh RSFSR, the State Russian Museum, Leningrad, 1967. Nikolai Andreevich Tyrsa: Oil, Graphics , Art Glass. St. Petersburg, 1992. Discreet Charm of a Faint Object of Desire , Art-Divage Gallery, Moscow, 2003. Nikolai Andreevich Tyrsa: Oil, Graphics , Gallery Art-Divage, Moscow, 2004. Literature: Exhibition catalogue, Nikolai Andreevich Tyrsa , Leningrad, 1946, p. 7, illustrated. Exhibition catalogue, Nikolai Andreevich Tyrsa , LOSKh RSFSR, the State Russian Museum, Leningrad, 1967, p. 16, illustrated. Exhibition catalogue, Nikolai Andreevich Tyrsa: Oil, Graphics , Art Glass. St. Petersburg, 1992, p. 45, illustrated. Exhibition catalogue, Nikolai Andreevich Tyrsa: Oil, Graphics , Gallery Art-Divage, Moscow, 2004, p. 26, illustrated. Exhibition catalogue, Discreet Charm of a Faint Object of Desire , Art-Divage Gallery, Moscow, 2003, No. 56, illustrated.