Sotheby's Russian auctions is in New York

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Catalog yet, but there is now such information:

Sotheby's Russian auctions is in New York
 
April 22 in London at Sotheby's spring auction will be held Russian art. This will represent a collection of paintings by Ukrainian artists of the Society of Independent Artists ". All the pieces of the auction to occur from the collection of Jacob Abramovich Change (1881-1960), patron and public figure who actively supported the young artists and regularly buy their work at exhibitions. The uniqueness of the collection is that it has retained the names of many great authors Odessa early twentieth century, whose legacy has been forgotten or lost. Perhaps this is one of the most complete collections of Odessa artistic avant-garde.

86 paintings will be exhibited at auction as one lot with a total estimate: $ 1.5 /2 million.

At the auction will also be exhibited collection of works by Russian surrealist Paul Chelishchev from the collection of the late actress Ruth Ford (1911-2009gg.). Ruth and her brother, Charles Henry Ford, the publisher and the Surrealist poet, belonged to a luxury apartment in the house "Dakota" near Central Park in New York, where he often met artists, writers, musicians, among them were Leonard Bernstein, William Faulkner, Andy Warhol. Henry and Paul have a close partnership, after his death, his legacy has passed to Charles and Ruth Ford. They are actively engaged in promoting the collection, exhibited paintings at the exhibitions, as well as greatly enlarged it.

Sotheby's will feature about 70 works Chelishchev at auction of Russian art, as well as impressionist and modernist art in New York and Paris in 2010. Painting Chelishchev "Man with the tattoo" (1934) will be put up for auction of Russian art in April 2010, estimate - $ 250/350 thousand

At the April auction will also be exhibited unique bowl of lapis lazuli firm of Carl Fabergé (estimate - $ 50/70 000). This is one of the best collection of works by Francis G. Jones. The cup was made in 1913 in St. Petersburg in the workshop of Henry Vigstrema. Jones Collection includes about 40 works by Faberge firm, acquired in 1960-1970's, the best of which come from the collection Lendsdella K. Christie.

Here's the link: there is a reproduction, not a lot (((

http://style.rbc.ru/events/2010/02/27/110155.shtml