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AN ALEXIS ARAPOFF OIL ON CANVAS PAINTING NAKED FEMALE MODEL - Alexis Paul Arapoff (Russian, 1904 - 1948), oil on canvas painting, ”Nude in front of the mirror.” Signed and dated middle right ”Arapoff 28.” Housed in a carved wood and gesso frame with Millon auction house paper label on the verso. Provenance: Millon and Associes, SCHOOL OF PARIS 05.11.2022, lot 145. Literature: Catalogue of the exhibition ”Russian Artists Outside the Border”, July 21-October 31, 2010, Musee du Montparnasse, Paris, ill. page 88. Alexis Paul Arapoff was a White emigre Russian-born painter, first based in France in 1923, where he belonged to the Ecole de Paris, and later in Boston, Massachusetts, where he relocated in 1930. 28 3/4 x 21 3/8 in., (73.02 x 54.29 cm) Condition: The canvas is strong and shows no signs of restoration under the UV light. Stains on the verso.