* MALIAVIN, PHILIPPE (1869-1940) Portrait of the Singer Nadezhda Plevitskaya Oil on canvas, 92 by 65 cm. signed twice and dated 1924, further inscribed in Czech and with exhibition stamps on the reverse. Provenance: Acquired at the 1934 exhibition by Karl Veselik, Prague. The collection of So?a ?ervená (B. 1925), a world renowned operatic mezzo-soprano, Czech Republic. Private collection, Europe. Authenticity of the work has been