Форум по искусству и инвестициям в искусство

First of relocation: the auction house "Russian enamel" is now working in the new office at Gogol Boulevard, 29. There is an 8 to 16 November, will be pre-auction exhibition and 17 November (13.00) held an auction "Russian and Western European art, collectors' items."
Now, a few more details about what will be sold on November 17. First of all - wonderful works of Zinaida Serebryakova ("Self-portrait with a bow," in 1922, estimate 565-600 thousand dollars) and Yuri Annenkov ( pencil portrait of actress-A.N.Avdievoy Plyatt, 1917, estimate 165-200 thousand dollars) Both things with great provenance, come from the collection of Professor LG Leningrad Loitsyansky. Annenkov work once in the collection of a major publisher and artist Zenobia Solzhenitsyn Grzhebina. Another gem of the trade section of painting - a portrait of Count Alexander Stroganoff (estimate 80-100 thousand dollars) painted the famous European master XVIII century Alexander Roslin - at one time was in the best pre-revolutionary Russian and European meetings and is fragmented copyright repetition portrait, located in the Russian Museum.
Characteristic pencil female portrait by Boris Kustodiev (1908) is estimated at U.S. $ 1700-2000 and the "Portrait of a girl in a necklace" Faith Rokhlin (1930.), Whose works are becoming more popular in the Russian sales of international auction houses - in 116-130 thousand dollars in the list of top lots - a classic work of Nicholas Sverchkova "Oryol mare with foal" (1851, estimate 80 - $ 100 thousand).
For trading six landscapes Alexander Altmann, priced from 13,3-17 thousand to 60-70 thousand dollars designed theater costume "Acrobat to the moon" (1960). Dmitry Bushena, a collection of works which was successfully sold in This year's spring auction MacDougall `s, estimated at 4.5-5 thousand dollars
New sections - miniatures and engravings, which appeared in the collection of the auction house, very accurately reflect the expansion of the scope of interest of collectors. In the collection of the auction house there is a group portrait miniatures (the end of XVIII - early XIX centuries.), Including portraits of the Emperor Alexander I and the Danish King Christian VII (estimate: 13,3-17 thousand dollars). Miniatures are from the collection of English diplomat Alleyn Fittsgerberta, Baron St. Helen, who was in 1783-1788 years. Ambassador to Russia.

The attention of collectors is a wide selection of prints of famous Russian and European artists, including two sheets belonging authorship founder dotted prints in Russian art Skorodumova Gavrila (1777, estimate 1 600-2 000), by Stepan Galaktionov, Kozma ethical, Sebastian Klaubera, Ivan Berseneva, as well as two etchings by Carl Vekselberg (1800s., estimate 600-800 dollars), originating from the collection of the Prussian King Friedrich Wilhelm III and prints were in the Cabinet of the State Museums (Berlin).
In the traditionally diverse section of decorative art to highlight the sculpture "Vityaz" (height 21.5 cm, ceramics, colored glaze), created in 1903, the masters of the Imperial Stroganov School, and thoroughly depicting armed Russian hero, (estimate 10 - 16 thousand dollars), as well as an icon of "Our Lady of Vladimir" (late XIX - early XX centuries., size: 31h26, 5 cm.) in a silver frame (factory Kurlyukova Orestes) with enamel crown (of the factory Ivan Alexeev), decorated with rhinestones and pearls (estimate 30-40 thousand dollars).
The ever-popular with collectors "military" plates painted with artist F. Daladugina (IPE, 1841, estimate 40-60 thousand dollars), F. Artemiev (IPE, 1843, estimate 35-50 thousand dollars) , W. Stoletov (IPE, 1836, estimate 35-50 thousand dollars), except for outstanding artistic merit are great and that similar plates are in the collection of the Hermitage.
Tricuspid triptych (icon "Holy Face" icons "Alexander Nevsky" and the icon "of St Mary Magdalene" (1888, estimate 180-250 thousand dollars) is particularly valuable works and, judging by the date of creation and composition of the icons of the saints, was commissioned to mark the rescue of the family of Alexander III in the crash of the royal train October 17, 1888 at the station Borki. To commemorate the deliverance of the imperial family from destruction across the country have made contributions to the churches and monasteries, ordered by the icon, built a chapel and Church. Perhaps triptych was a private order, designed for attachment to the temple or to award honored persons as imperial gifts.