NIKOLAI MILLIOTI

Cavorting at the dusk. Oil on board, 18x17 cm, 7 ¼ x 6 ¾ inches, sketch of the flowers on the back. C. 1905 – evidently constitutes one of the preliminary sketches for “Round Dance”, early 1900s, oil on cardboard, 71x75.5cm, Russian Museum, SPB – illustrated in GOLUBAIAIA ROZA text by Ida Gofman, Moscow, 2000, p. 82. Compare also: “Fete Galante” – see Sotheby, London, 20 Nov 2002, lot 74. Bibliography: “A Time to Gather… RUSSIANART From Foreign Private collections”, State Russian Museum, Saint-Petersburg, Palace Editions,2008, illustrated on pp.23,24. Provenance: Kachurin Collection, St. Petersburg. In original hand carved, gesso and gilded Stanford-White American arts&crafts frame by Newcomb-Macklin with insert by Foster Brothers.

Allegorical Crucifixion (with Adoration of three Magi). Oil on cardboard, signed with monogram lower left, c. 1905 (compare dated lot 74 Sotheby Russian Pictures. London 22.05.2002 with similar compositional, technical and color structure , 13 x 11". Provenance: Kachurin Collection, St. Petersburg. exhibited “A Time to Gather… RUSSIANART From Foreign Private collections”, State Russian Museum, Saint-Petersburg, February-June 2008, Moscow - Exhibition Center "Tsaritsyno", June-July 2008, Palace Editions,2008, illustrated in the catalog p. 145 ill 97; illustrated in Русское Искусство magazine Moscow, 2015 v4 p 80. In original hand-carved polychrome ebony-tinted XVII century Dutch frame with tortoiseshell.

Authenticity confirmed by Галина Кречина, хранитель, ведущий научный сотрудник Государственного Русского музея who wrote:

In the park. Oil/board, signed low right, 60 cm x 45.0 cm Provenance: atelier of the artist; The Bru Sale, Brussels BELGIUM, 11-29-2012 lot116 In original arts&crafts hand carved guild frame beginning of XX century.

Ladies in the parc. Oil/board, signed low right, 57.5 cm x 37.5.0 cm Provenance: atelier of the artist; The Bru Sale, Brussels BELGIUM, 11-29-2012 lot117 In original mahogany hand carved frame with ormolu decorations beginning of XX century..

Sunshining paradize. Oil/board, signed low left, 53 cm x 40.0 cm In original Italian XVII century hand carved guild and paintedSansovino frame. Provenance: atelier of the artist; The Bru Sale, Brussels BELGIUM, 11-29-2012 lot126

Leda Huile sur carton. Signée et datée 1923 en bas à droite. Titrée au dos. 50x34,5cm Au dos deux étiquettes d'exposition : d'une part, Palais des Beaux-Arts de Bruxelles / Exposition d'Art Russe Ancien & Moderne / Avril-Juin 1928 et d'autre part, Art Exhibitions Agency / Exhibition Copenhagen Feb. 29 / Exhibiton : N. Milliotti (!) / Exhibit : Leda / Catalogue N° 96. La vignette (Sirin) décorant cette dernière étiquette est due à Sergeï Vassilevitch Tchekhonine. In original XIX century tabernacle handcarved and guilded frame Provenance: Ader Paris sale May 4 2017 lot 8. Compare a small draft for that painting that was offered at Sotheby's, New York NY United States, 17 Apr 2007 lot 345 for $50,000. [Леда Масло на картоне. Подпись и дата 1923 внизу справа. Название на обороте. На обороте две наклейки выставок: одна Palais des Beaux-Arts de Bruxelles / Exposition d'Art Russe Ancien & Moderne / Avril-Juin 1928 (Дворец Изящных Искусств в Брюсселе / Выставка Русского старинного и нового искусства / Апрель-Июн 1928 г.) и другая, Art Exhibitions Agency / Exhibition Copenhagen Feb. 29 / Exhibitor : N. Milliotti (!) / Exhibit : Leda / Catalogue N° 96 (Агенство выставок по искусству /Выставка в Копенгагене февраль 1929/ Автор Н. Миллиотти (так !) / Произведение : Леда / № по каталогу: 96). Сирин, украшающий эту этикетку, работы Сергея Васильевича Чехонина. 50 х 34,5 см]