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Auction "Russian paintings and drawings XIX-XX centuries" (June 18 to 18.00)


Among the absolute top auction lots «Russian paintings and drawings XIX-XX centuries» № 20 (60) - Vasily Dmitrievich Polenov painting "At Sea of ​​Galilee" from his famous series "Life of Christ" ("Palestinian Etudes "), over which Polenov worked in the late 1890s - early 1900s. Painting is an option (study) of which is in the Yaroslavl Art Museum. However, there is a significant difference. Right down on the mountain path, the artist has placed the small figure of a traveler, in which the viewer will definitely want to guess the figure of Christ. Contrast the scale of landscape and figure makes imbued with philosophical idea - and the man himself is a part of the universe. Many landscapes and many research Polenova were associated with finding places where Christ lived. The artist once he went the way of Christ on foot from Galilee to Jerusalem. For thirty years, Polenov creating paintings from the Gospels. Reflecting on the experience of traveling, Polenov constantly reworked sketches made from life, repeatedly returning to the same subjects. Nature, the former witness of the Gospel miracles, acquired in the eyes of the artist's special value and importance, relegating to the background the figure of people. Painter wrote LN Tolstoy: "My paintings are mainly images of nature and the environment in which committed the Gospel events." (Preliminary estimate of 9 million - 14 million rubles).

Put up for auction sketch of Nicholas Roerich in a series of "Ladoga", 1918, refers to one of the most important moments of the life of the artist. Once in exile in Finland in 1918, Roerich created a series of works which he called "the last Russian paintings." With these works, he went to Sweden, where he organized his first exhibition abroad and from that moment began life Roerich in exile. It works with a series of "Ladoga" of 1917-1918. Roerich came to worldwide recognition. (Preliminary estimate: 5.5 million - 7 million rubles.)

Lyrical landscape Kolmogorov Schilder "By Night" - this is the picture, which was exhibited at the 45th traveling exhibition in 1917 - the latest exhibition "Wanderers" in pre-revolutionary Russia. The painting depicts the northern sunset, the silence on the northern river - a refrain to the picture Levitan, established 20 years earlier. Schilder - one of the most famous Russian landscape painters of the late XIX - early XX centuries. His art combines the best features of the classical landscape Shishkin, whose favorite disciple he was, and subtle lyricism and impressionism inherent pictures Levitan, who openly admired Andrew Schilder. Painting "By Night" and refers to the late artist's best period. Contemporaries Schilder noted that epic lyricism of his paintings exhibited in the 1910s. a traveling exhibition in Moscow and St. Petersburg, bears obvious Levitanovsky features and it differs very thin knowledge of nature and the highest skill in the transfer of nuances of light. Presented at the trading landscape "By Night" refers to the top of creativity Schilder. (Preliminary estimate: 5.5 million - 9 million rubles).

On the picturesque trading will also be presented a large collection of works by Alexander Benois. Since the early works of 1903. - Famous voyage Benoit and Ostroumova-Lebedeva of Italy. "Villa Aldobrandini. Frascati "is written with pastels, which was quite peculiar to the artist (with an estimate of 950 million - 1.19 million rubles.). Finishing the work of 1939. "The Senate Square in St. Petersburg", which is attached to the back of the picture Benoit letter to his friend Walter Nouvel, which describes the events of their total university life of the early 20th century, depicted in the picture.

Among the organizers of the auction of art finds point to two works by Alexander Arnshtama, exhibitors' World of Art in 1915-17gg. The pre-revolutionary work of this illustrator and painter, one of the first professional Russian artists of cinema, virtually unknown. Arnshtama erotic themes often overlap with the subjects of his contemporary works of Konstantin Somov. Experts are still arguing about the primacy of creative ideas.

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Auction "Old and rare books, maps, engravings" (June 19 to 18.00)


At the auction, "Old and rare books, maps, engravings» № 17 (61) collectors will see the "Family Album Sofia Kovalevskaya", consisting of 16 pages with 43 photographs of the world's first female professor of mathematics Sofia Kovalevskaya (1850-1891) . Baby pictures nee Sophia Corwin Krukovskaya; pictures of a later period, when the 18-year-old Sophia is married sham marriage for young scientists Kovalevsky, and then, at 21 years of caring for the Communards, rescuing from prison V.Zhaklara leader of the Paris Commune, the husband's sister- Anna revolutionary, and finally, then, beginning in 1884, changed his name to «Sonya Kovalevsky», teaches at the University of Stockholm. (Estimate 150 thousand - 190 thousand).

Another "topom" trading book will only lifetime publication comedy "Woe from Wit" by Alexander Griboyedov. As you know, all this work in the writer's life was not published because it was forbidden "to be published and staged." A small excerpt was published Thaddeus Bulgarin in the literary and theatrical anthology "Russian Waist." Estimate 420 thousand - 500 thousand rubles.
And again at the auction house "Kabinet" exhibited masterpieces of Russian avant-garde. This time it is the second revised edition of the poem "The game of hell" Kruchenykh and Velimir Khlebnikov, with lithographs by Olga Rozanova (1914g.) Recall that at the previous auction in April 2013. First edition of this book for was achieved a world record price - it was sold for 3 million 300 thousand rubles. The main difference between the first and second editions of the authorship of pictures. Cover and put up three figures in the June edition of trades executed by Kazimir Malevich, the other drawings - Olga Rozanova. (Estimate 360 ​​thousand-500 thousand. Rubles).
Finally, the attention of collectors will be presented to one of the most beautiful and unusual books of Russian avant-garde - pentahedron "Tango with Cows. Reinforced concrete poem "Vasily Kamensky with drawings brothers Burliuk (1914g.). Square on the format of the book, the right edge is cut on the diagonal, the author called the "pentagonal book." The book is printed on the reverse side of brightly colored wallpaper, in protest against the Futurists luxury editions of "bourgeois" "World of Art." Texture wallpaper gave an additional effect - picture shines through from the back side is printed on the text, and is in conflict with the design of the text. It is the second most important in the history of the printed edition of Russian Futurism (the first - "Game in Hell") and a very large bibliographic rarity. (An estimated 530 thousand - 800 thousand rubles).