Bidspirit auction | ARAPOFF, ALEXIS (1905-1948)

ARAPOFF, ALEXIS (1905-1948) - ◎ Poppies , signed and dated 1933 on the reverse. Oil on canvas, 81.5 by 61 cm. Provenance: Collection of William Horace Littlefield, Falmouth, Massachusetts, USA (label on the reverse). Acquired from the above by T. Gilbert Brouillette Gallery, New York and Kansas City, USA, in 1936 (label on the reverse). Jackson's, 4 December 2004, lot 123. Estate of Ruth Sternberg, USA. Impressionist & Modern Art, Doyle New York, 3 May 2016, lot 51. Acquired at the above sale by the present owner. Important private collection, Europe. Exhibited: Alexis Paul Arapoff Memorial Exhibition, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 12 March–13 April 1952 (label on the reverse). Verso of the present lot Exhibition label on the verso of the present lot