BOGDANOV-BELSKY, NIKOLAI (1868-1945) Latgalian Girls , signed. Oil on canvas, 69 by 78.5 cm. Provenance: Collection of August Bauman, the artist’s friend, Yurmala, Latvia. Important private collection, Europe. Authenticity of the work has been confirmed by the expert V. Petrov. The work will be included in the monograph on the artist being prepared by A. Kuznetsov. Exhibited: III Vystavka kartin Akademika N. P. Bogdanova-Belskago, Riga City Art Museum, Riga, 29 March–4 May 1925. Venere Russa. Fascino femminile nell’arte del Novecento, Bordighera, 9 July–28 September 2014. Literature: Exhibition catalogue, III Vystavka kartin akademika N. P. Bogdanova-Belskago, Riga, 1925, No. 19, listed. N. Lapidus, Bogdanov-Belskii, Moscow, Bely Gorod, 2001, p. 27, illustrated. X. Muratova, Venere Russa. Fascino femminile nell’arte del novecento, Milan, Silvana Editoriale, 2014, p. 75, illustrated.