*TYRSA, NIKOLAI 1887-1942 Nude of the Model Yashel Fonda c.1933. Oil on canvas, 57.5 by 80 cm. Provenance: Acquired directly from the daughters of the artist. Exhibited: Nikolai Andreevich Tyrsa, Leningrad, 1946. Nikolai Andreevich Tyrsa, LOSKh RSFSR, the State Russian Museum, Leningrad, 1967. Nikolai Andreevich Tyrsa: Oil, Graphics, Art Glass. St. Petersburg, 1992. Discreet Charm of a Faint Object of Desire, Art-Divage Gallery, Moscow, 2003. Nikolai Andreevich Tyrsa: Oil, Graphics, Gallery Art-Divage, Moscow, 2004. Literature: Exhibition catalogue, Nikolai Andreevich Tyrsa, Leningrad, 1946, p. 7, illustrated. Exhibition catalogue, Nikolai Andreevich Tyrsa, LOSKh RSFSR, the State Russian Museum, Leningrad, 1967, p. 16, illustrated. Exhibition catalogue, Nikolai Andreevich Tyrsa: Oil, Graphics, Art Glass. St. Petersburg, 1992, p. 45, illustrated. Exhibition catalogue, Nikolai Andreevich Tyrsa: Oil, Graphics, Gallery Art-Divage, Moscow, 2004, p. 26, illustrated. Exhibition catalogue, Discreet Charm of a Faint Object of Desire, Art-Divage Gallery, Moscow, 2003, No. 56, illustrated.