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We can date this female nude relatively securely to the time around the year 1910. It shows that Maliavin had thrown off all traces of Repin’s school and adopted the style of the French Fauvists, especially as regards strong colours. These recall the world of the Russian ballets of the time – and in fact Maliavin was in close contact with Diaghilev and a great admirer of his work.

Artist Filip Andreievich Maliavine

Year of creation (c. 1910)

Technique oil, canvas

Dimensions 55 x 33 cm

Inventory number NG S 978, National Gallery of Slovenia, Ljubljana

Collection Od 1918 dalje

Restored: 1980, Kemal Selmanović.
Provenance: Unknown. Probably FCC ca. 1945. Presented to the Narodna galerija on 25 Oct. 1948 by the Slovenian Parliament, old Inv. No. 2150. On the top slat of the stretcher a label with a printed text: 10 LS (ligature) M/Marque de fabrique dép…; on the back of the canvas in pencil: 99; on the transverse slat of the stretcher a stamp reading: CENTRALE…(the rest is illegible).
Exhibition: 1993, Ljubljana, No. 79.
Lit.: Zeri and Rozman 1993, pp. 194–195, Cat. No. 79, Fig. 80; Natalija P. Babina, Letter to Ksenija Rozman, dated Leningrad 11 Sep. 1990.