Nicolas Tarkhoff

TARKHOFF, NIKOLAI (1871–1930) Courtyard in Spring , signed and inscribed "Paris". Oil on canvas, 61 by 50 cm. Comment1 Provenance: Anonymous sale; The Russian Sale , Sotheby's London, 19 May 2005, lot 68. Acquired at the above sale by the present owner. Private collection, USA.

LOT 171 - NICOLAS TARKHOFF 1871-1920 FIREWORKS IN NICE signed in Latin l.r. oil on paper laid down on canvas 8,000—12,000 GBP 47 by 36cm, 18 3/4 by 14 1/4 in. signed in Latin l.r. oil on paper laid down on canvas Harcourts Gallery, San FranciscoAcquired from the above by the father of the present owner in1989 San Francisco, Harcourts Modern and Contemporary Art, NicolasTarkhoff, A Retrospective Exhibition, September - November 1989,no.5 Feux d'artifice, 1905

LOT 15 PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE COLLECTION, FRANCE NICOLAS TARKHOFF 1871-1930 STREET CARNIVAL, PARIS signed in Latin l.l.; further signed, titled Carnaval andnumbered 42 on the reverse oil on canvas 35,000—55,000 GBP measurements 100 by 81cm, 39 1/4 by 32 in. Description signed in Latin l.l.; further signed, titled Carnaval andnumbered 42 on the reverse oil on canvas M. Leclanché, ParisAcquired at auction in Limoges by the present owner in June1991 Possibly Paris, Salon des Indépendants, 1905, listed as Carnavalà Paris (première impresion)Paris, Galerie Vollard, Exposition d'oeuvres de Nicolas Tarkhoff,2- 16 May 1906, No.42 G.Diehl, N. Tarkhoff, entretien avec René Huyghe Membre del'Académie française, Geneva: édition Somogy, 1982, listed p.25 The 'Moscow Parisian', as Tarkhoff was known, arrived in Franceat the age of 28 where he soon became a regular participant of theannual Salon des Indépendants. His first personal exhibition tookplace in St. Petersburg in 1905, but he made his name on theinternational stage in 1906, after his painting attracted theattention of the prominent Parisian art dealer Ambroise Vollard,who organised the artist's personal exhibition in his gallery.Collectors of Tarkhoff's work included Schukhin, Diaghilev andRothschild, yet the Russian public were slow to recognise him,prompting Sergei Makovsky's rebuke in 1910 after an exhibition atthe editorial offices of Apollo: 'It is high time that we Russiansunderstood that Tarkhoff is a great and original talent. It is timeto bow down to his profoundly sincere and wonderful creativity'. Inthe 1907 Salon d'automne exhibition, the exuberance of his work ledone reviewer to regard him as 'part of the younger Bohemian crowdwho outrage even the Byzantines and our North American Indians withtheir brilliant colour' (quoted in E.Green, NicolasTarkhoff, Berry-Hill Galleries, 1989, p.7). Paris carnivals were one of Tarkhoff's favourite themes fordeveloping the precepts of Impressionism as defined by EdmondDuranty in his 1876 article La Nouvelle Peinture: 'Paintersmust try to capture the motion, the movement, the pushing andshoving of the passers-by in the same way as they must try torender the shaking of the leaves, the glistening of the water andthe vibration of the sun-soaked air...' (Quoted in NicholasTarkhoff, Impressions of a Russian Painter in Paris , The AhlenArt Museum and State Russian Museum, 1999, pp.65-6).

TARKHOFF, NICOLAS (Moscow 1871 - 1930 Orsay) Mi-Câreme. Oil on canvas. Signed lower left: N. Tarkhoff. Entitled and signed verso on canvas: Mi-Carême N. Tarkhoff. Also with extensive description in Cyrillic (barely legible) 100.5 x 81.5 cm. Literature: Vrinat, Robert. Nicolas Tarkhoff 1871-1930, Les cahiers d' art-documents, Numéro 221, Genève, 1965, colour ill, p. 15. Exhibited - Paris 1926: Grande Rétrospective, Salon d'art Indépendant (?) (label verso on stretcher is torn). - Paris 1973: L'art de 1912-1919, Salon des Indépendants, 84e Exposition Annuelle, 23. March to 10. April 1973, Paris (label on stretcher verso). CHF 200 000.- / 300 000.- € 132 450.- / 198 680.-

LOT 69 PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE COLLECTION, TEXAS NICOLAS TARKHOFF RUSSIAN, 1871-1920 PLAGE ANIMÉE AU COCHER DE SOLEIL 30,000—40,000 USD measurements 18 1/4 by 24 1/2 in. alternate measurements 46.5 by 62.5 cm DESCRIPTION signed N. Tarkhoff (lower right); variously inscribed and labeled (on the reverse and stretcher) oil on canvas PROVENANCE Petit Palais/Musée d'Art, Geneva (acquired directly from the artist's family) Acquired directly from the above by the present owner in 1989