Mikhail Larionov - ‘Le Soleil de Nuit’

Date	1915
Period	20th century
Origin	Russia
Dimensions	25.91 x 35.56 cm (10¹/₅ x 14 inches)
Gallery	James Butterwick

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1916 MacMillan and co, London. 'The Soul of Russia'. Page 176
In aid of the fund for Russian refugees administered by the general committee of the all Russian Union of Zemstvos under the presidency of Prince E. Lvov
1921 Galerie Boetie, Paris ‘Exposition des artistes Russes’. Organised by Mir isskustva
(‘Le Bouffon’.)

Date: 1915
Period: 20th century
Origin: Russia
Dimensions: 25.91 x 35.56 cm (10¹/₅ x 14 inches)
Provenance: The Artist, Paris
Private collection, Arizona
Bonhams Russian Sale, London, 7 July 2010, Lot No. 59
Exhibitions: 1918, Galerie Sauvage. 370 Rue St-Honore, Paris. 16th April until 7 May.
'Exposition des Oeuvres de Gontcharova et de Larionow' # 177-194, Soleil de Nuit.
1919 Galerie Barbazanges. 109 Rue Faubourg St-Honore. Paris. 11 -28th June
Exposition des Oeuvres de Gontcharova et de Larionow # 237-247, Soleil de Nuit
1921 Galerie Boetie, Paris ‘Exposition des artistes Russes’. Organised by Mir isskustva
(‘Le Bouffon’.)
1921 Paris. Unknown location ‘Exposition des artistes Russes’. Organised by Mir isskustva (‘Le Bouffon’.)
1922 Kingore Gallery, New York Gontcharova-Larionov Exhibition 97-101 Costume Designs, “Soleil de Minuit”.
Sotheby’s Moscow, ‘Russian Line’, March 2012.
Butterwick Gallery, London, ‘Acquisitions and Loans’, May-July 2012.
It is now known that Larionov gave Simon Lissim a signed copy of this original with a dedication in 1932. It can therefore be deduced that, so highly did the artist value this piece, that he used it as a type of visiting card.
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