* SAMOKHVALOV, ALEXANDER (1894–1971) Cafe Gurzuf, signed. Oil on board, 50 by 53 cm. Provenance: Collection of the artist. Thence by descent. Acquired from Maria Kleschar-Samokhvalova, the artist’s widow, by the present owner in St Petersburg in 1993. Private collection, Europe. Exhibited: Vystavka proizvedenii leningradskikh khudozhnikov. 1960, Union of Artists of the RSFSR, Leningrad, 1960. Aleksandr Nikolaevich Samokhvalov. Vystavka proizvedenii, Union of Artists of the RSFSR, Leningrad, 1963. Leningradskie khudozhniki. Zhivopis 1950–1980 godov, Union of Artists of the RF, St Petersburg, 1994. 80 Let Sankt-Peterburgskomu Soiuzu khudozhnikov, Manege Central Exhibition Hall, St Petersburg, 2012. Literature: Exhibition catalogue, Vystavka proizvedenii leningradskikh khudozhnikov. 1960, Leningrad, Khudozhnik RSFSR, 1960, p. 16, listed. Exhibition catalogue, I. Barsheva, K. Sazonova, Aleksandr Nikolaevich Samokhvalov. Vystavka proizvedenii, Leningrad, Khudozhnik RSFSR, 1963, p. 20, listed under the works from 1950–1959. Exhibition catalogue, Leningradskie khudozhniki. Zhivopis 1950–1980 godov, St Petersburg, 1994, p. 4, No. 64, listed. S. Ivanov, Unknown Socialist Realism. The Leningrad School, St Petersburg, NP Print Edition, 2007, pp. 2 and 3, illustrated on foretitle and title pages; pp. 342 and 346, listed. Exhibition catalogue, 80 let Sankt-Peterburgskomu Soiuzu khudozhnikov, St Petersburg, 2012, p. 210, No. 1, illustrated. S. Ivanov, “Chto dvizhet solntse I svetila”, Peterburgskie iskusstvovedcheskie tetradi, vypusk 34, St Petersburg, 2015, p. 230, mentioned in the text.