LARIONOV, MIKHAIL (1881-1964) Nu aux contours roses, signed with initials, also further signed, inscribed "Peinture" and with the artist's address on the reverse. Oil on canvas, 38 by 55.5 cm. Executed c. 1909. Provenance: Collection of Alexandra Tomilina-Larionova, the artist’s widow, Paris. Acquired from the above by the previous owner. Important private collection, Europe. Exhibited: Salon de Tuileries, Palais de Bois à la Porte Maillot, Paris, 1925 (label on the stretcher). Michel Larionov, Acquavella Galleries, New York, 22 April–24 May 1969 (labels on the stretcher). Venere Russa. Fascino femminile nell’arte del novecento, Foundazione Terruzzi Villa Regina Margherita, Bordighera, 9 July–28 September 2014. Literature: Exhibition catalogue, Salon de Tuileries, Paris, Palais de Bois à la Porte Maillot, 1925, No. 910, listed as Peinture. Exhibition catalogue, Michel Larionov, New York, Acquavella Galleries, 1969, No. 36, illustrated and listed. Exhibition catalogue, X. Muratova, Venere Russa. Fascino femminile nell’arte del novecento, Milan, Silvana Editoriale, 2014, p. 24, illustrated.