PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE COLLECTION, SWITZERLAND
Lot 27*
NICOLAS TARKHOFF(1871-1930)Étude pour 'Dans les bras de maman'
20 April 2023, 16:00 BST
London, New Bond Street£20,000 - £30,000
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NICOLAS TARKHOFF (1871-1930)
Étude pour 'Dans les bras de maman'
signed 'N. Tarkhoff' (lower left); signed and inscribed 'Etude N. Tarkhoff No 2' (on the reverse)
oil on board
60 x 73.6cm (23 5/8 x 29in).
Painted circa 1907-1908
signed 'N. Tarkhoff' (lower left); signed and inscribed 'Etude N. Tarkhoff No 2' (on the reverse)
oil on board
60 x 73.6cm (23 5/8 x 29in).
Painted circa 1907-1908
Footnotes
The authenticity of this work has been confirmed by Dr. Oscar Ghez. This work will be included in the forthcoming Nicolas Tarkhoff catalogue raisonné, currently being prepared by the Nicolas Tarkhoff Committee. We are grateful to Guy Abot, Director of the Nicolas Tarkhoff Committee, for his assistance cataloguing this work.
Provenance
Dr. Oscar Ghez Collection, Geneva, no. 15784.
Private collection, Geneva (acquired from the above in 1993).
Private collection, Geneva (by descent from the above).
Exhibited
Geneva, Musée du Petit Palais, 1980 - 2000.
The present work was executed as a study for Nicolas Tarkhoff's painting Dans les bras de maman, which was exhibited at Tarkhoff's solo exhibition at the Galerie Druet, Paris, from 14 - 26 June 1909 (no. 5).