Autsion Shishkin Gallery on May 19.

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On Saturday, May 19 Leonid Shishkin Gallery will hold "Auction № 109", which will present works by outstanding local artists XIX - XXI centuries. The first names of Russian and Soviet art - can be described as a collection of trades, which includes more than 100 lots, including paintings of Charles Beggrow, Nikolay Klodt, Stanislav Zhukovsky, Samuel Adlivankina, George Nyssa and Basil Polenov graphics, Boris Kustodiev, Mstislav Dobuzhinsky, Lado Gudiashvili , Rustam Khamdamov.

A real event for the art market will be the appearance at auction of two pair of watercolors of the famous academician of painting and lithography master virtuoso Charles Beggrow. This is a rare example of a unique graphics artist, in addition to the unusual story of: Beggrov known for its panoramic views of Moscow and St. Petersburg, and in this case at the auction exhibited two gallant scene in the French style, "Bathers" (estimate 4-5 million rubles ) and "Bathers Frightened" (estimate 3,6-4,6 million). Until recently, the work was not understood even by experts on the artist, and became a real discovery for researchers. According to the expert graphics department XVIII - early XX century N.K.Markovoy TG, "the most obvious similarity of" swimmers "to close on time work - watercolors," Rogues in the Abruzzi forest ", performed in 1859, shown on a large scale, color, methods of organization of the landscape and building space, the similarity of design and application of a signature (in black ink box full of red paint). "

Curious about the history of existence of two pairs of pictures, as well as their unexpected reunion at auction Leonid Shishkin Gallery. Over time, both works were stored in a Moscow meeting, where one of the watercolors - "Bathers Frightened" was sold for about 10 years ago and fell in a private collection. More recently, the owners decided to sell the rest of the family in the painting "Bathers" and appealed to the Gallery of Leonid Shishkin. While experts from the Tretyakov Gallery, prepared an expert opinion, and sought an analogy, the work has been exhibited at the stand of the gallery in the Russian Antique Salon in Central House of Artists, where she saw the owners of second watercolor - "terrified bathers." Learning a preliminary assessment of "swimmers", they decided to put his thing well at auction, and so re-paired pictures "met". See the "bathers" and "Bathers" can be pre-auction exhibition at the Gallery of Leonid Shishkin at the hotel "Radisson Royal Hotel, Moscow" ("Ukraine") on any day from 12:00 to 20:00 to 18 May inclusive. The next day they will be sold in two lots, one after another, and again may be in different hands, or, conversely, get into a private collection.

Other top lots auction May 19 - a wonderful "Rural Landscape" (estimate 2-3 million rubles) Nikolay Klodt, underrated artist turn of the century, working together with Konstantin Korovin and Valentin Serov. According to the expert GRC them. I.E.Grabarya I.V.Geraschenko, "in terms of performance and as an undisputed work NA Klodt "Rural Landscape" is antique, collector and absolute value of the museum. " Also, attention fans of Russian classics deserve two autumn landscape of outstanding landscape painter brushes the early twentieth century Stanislav Zhukovsky, as well as the work of "Tarusa cycle" Nicholas Krymov.

String of Soviet art at this time has turned out very diverse: from genre paintings of Samuel Adlivankina the end of 1930 ("Meeting" estimate 1.5-2 million rubles 'family', estimate: 1.2-1.5 million) and Landscape with a car in the spirit of Art Deco George Nyssa ("Pestovo. Nerpa" estimate 400-450 thousand rubles) to the works of such diverse artists of the postwar era, as Nicholas and Peter Romadin Ossowski.
Collection of the May auction features a wide selection of Russian and Soviet graphic art, to the same high quality products combined with very attractive estimate. Thus, a large watercolor portrait of a woman master Arthur Fonvizin estimated 60-100 thousand rubles, and the image of the "Russian American" Feshin Nicholas, whose exhibition is just coming from the Russian Museum, Tretyakov Gallery, put up with an estimate of 120-160 thousand, although this work was purchased owner of five years ago at Bonhams auction for 24,000 U.S. dollars. A few more appreciated virtuoso pencil "Portrait of a beautiful Georgian" Lado Gudiashvili in the 240-280 thousand rubles, but the Russian bid in the upcoming Christie's May 28 Gudiashvili graph of the same size is estimated at 25-35 thousand pounds (Lot 41, "Odalisque").

Fine works on paper turn of XIX-XX centuries are big names Boris and Basil Kustodiev Polenov, their designs on display with an estimate of 400-500 thousand rubles. The price range on the timetable of the second half of the twentieth century is very wide: for example, made with ink drawings by Alexander Tischler estimated at 70-90 thousand rubles, and watercolor Rustam Khamdamov - several times more expensive, its estimate - 480-560 thousand rubles.

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