Top lots of Russian art at auction Bukowskis in Helsinki 13-14 May 2009

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13-14 May 2009 Bukowskis auction house puts a spring auction in Helsinki, a large section of Russian art, which amount to almost half of the total trading volume.
Find in Finland imperial furniture set from the Winter Palace in St. Petersburg has become a sensation on the art market. "We sincerely hope that this unique suite will take their original place in the decoration of the Silver Room of the Winter Palace", - said Maria Ekman-Kolari, a specialist in furniture Bukowskis. Estimate headset will be 100 000 - 150 000 euros.
Among the other top lots of the forthcoming auction collection of Faberge firm, four paintings IKAivazovsky, imperial porcelain and other works of art.
"The long-standing historical and cultural ties, as well as proximity to Russia, allowed Helsinki to become one of the major auction centers of Russian Art", - said Maria Ekman-Kolari.

PAINTING

Among the most significant works of Russian Art - The Museum's painting "The Capture of the Turkish steamer" Mersin "Russian cruiser" Russia "in the Black Sea on Dec. 13, 1877, embodying a historical episode that occurred during the Russian-Turkish War (1877-1878) . Option paintings of the same name located in the Naval Museum in St. Petersburg.
Another top lot will sheet Korovin, which shows Anna Yakovlevna Korovin, wife of the artist. The picture is typical of the artist's version of a representative composition, which combined genres of portraiture, interiors, still life.
Also on auction will be works by the greatest masters of Russian painting AV Ginet, JF Schultze, L. Lagorio, K. Makovsky, Ilya Repin.

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APPLIED ART

The most unique lot of this section is an imperial furniture. Set silver plated furniture of the 11 items included in the decoration of the private apartments of the Empress Alexandra Feodorovna, - the Silver Room of the Winter Palace.

Unique furniture has been executed in the workshop of furniture master Nikolai Fedorovich Svirsky in St. Petersburg in 1894. Necklace was the first order of the imperial couple to the supplier yard Svirsky, and the classic style of furniture was a tribute to the conservative taste of the Empress.

Sketches for furniture were carried out by the architect Nikolai Vasilyevich Nabokov, who in general has developed a draft design of the private apartments of Nicholas II and Alexandra Feodorovna, including draperies. Cooperation Nabokov and Svirsky began during the reign of Alexander III, when the project Nabokov at the factory was established Svirsky finish the imperial yacht Polar Star ".

Based on the inventory numbers exist on some furniture items, presumably, headsets could consist of 15 subjects, four of which have not yet discovered. Along with this discovery all the furniture from the private apartments of the imperial couple in the Winter Palace, already identified, with the exception of furniture from the imperial bedroom and referred to the missing items from the Silver room. In 1920 the Soviet government was selling works from the Winter Palace, including the furniture.

"The appearance of antique furniture market for the Silver room, until now known only by a few old photographs, without exaggeration, be called sensational, - deputy director of the museum-reserve Tsarskoe Selo Iraida Bott. - Excellent safety items allows experts once again to make sure the highest level of skill of the Russian furniture manufacturers performing orders of the court. It would be highly desirable that the items shall be forfeited and returned to its historic place. "

In continuation of a successful auction, held last autumn, at this auction for sale works of Faberge firm, most of which are performed by masters of Finnish origin. This thong is worth noting dvusvechnye pair of silver candelabra, made by Julius Rappaport, and a couple of shots of vodka for the elephants in the form of Michael Perkhin.

Section decorate a large silver tureen, made master Alexey Kosyreva in Moscow in 1784, and the punch-bowl with a spoon on tap and 12 cups of brothers Grachev.

Among the works of Russian porcelain is worth noting the majestic twin vases porcelain factory in St. Petersburg and two dishes of the imperial period of Alexander II.

Another outstanding matter originating from the imperial household, is richly decorated shot flintlock rifle, made by masters Gavrila Permyakova in St. Petersburg (about 1770) to Catherine the Great, Paul I, and a gift to the Swedish envoy Count Johan Christoffer Tolle.

Source: Press Release Bukowskis
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