* PURYGIN, LEONID (1951-1995) The Magic Violin . Oil on canvas, 180 by 119.5 cm. Executed c. 1988. Provenance: Acquired directly from the artist by the prominent businessman, art historian and philanthropist Eduard Nakhamkin in Moscow, c. 1989. Acquired from the above by the present owner. Private collection, Canada. Exhibited: Leonid Purygin. One-Man Exhibition, Eduard Nakhamkin Fine Arts, New York, May–June 1989. Russische Künstler und Ihre Werke, Edwin Scharff Museum, Neu-Ulm, 1991. Literature: Exhibition catalogue, Leonid Purygin. One-Man Exhibition. May–June 1989, New York, Eduard Nakhamkin Fine Arts, 1989. Exhibition catalogue, Russische Künstler und Ihre Werke, Neu-Ulm, Edwin Scharff Museum, 1991, p. 19, No. 6.1, illustrated and listed with incorrect size.