Christie's auction will present a record number of Russian lots

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Dear Ranzher!
But some where you can buy you a book called "Watercolors by Vladimir Gau"?

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Сообщение от uriart

Dear Ranzher!
But some where you can buy you a book called "Watercolors by Vladimir Gau"?

Dearest Yuri

  referred to the album was released a gallery 10-15 years ago. During this time, circulation in bookstores and in the gallery broke. Now this book can be purchased on the occasion of second-hand bookstores or at auctions.

[uriart]

ranzher, if And this book is for you, whether it is possible to ask it to output.
The exact name, year and a publishing house.
To request for bukin.sayte.

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This was in the news, but this topic will be the conclusion:

Hermitage purchased from the Paris gallery of nearly 100 watercolor portraits
Collection of the State Hermitage replenished 92 watercolors by Russian artists of the XIX century, which the museum bought from a Parisian gallery Popoff, reported Bloomberg.

In October 2009, the collection was exhibited at London's Christie's auction with the lower estimate of 2.5 million pounds sterling. However, buyers in the portraits of the Russian empresses, secular beauties, noble officials and officers did not find.

Hermitage entered into direct negotiations with the owner of the gallery Maurice Baryushem and agreement was reached. On the amount paid for the meeting, the parties have not reported.

Emigrant from Russia, Alexander Popov, opened his gallery in Paris in 1920. He bought works of art from the impoverished Russian aristocrats who fled their homeland after the Revolution. In acquired the Hermitage collection includes watercolor brush Karl Briullov, Petra Sokolova, Vladimir Hau and Orest Kiprensky.

Of particular value to the museum presents a portrait of Natalya Nikolaevna Pushkina, wife of Alexander Pushkin, brushes Vladimir Hau.

In an interview

"Kommersant" Head of the sector of new revenue Hermitage Victor Faibisovich described the purchase as a "happy coincidence". "A fantastic collection was unsold - and at this time we have received for the purchase amount, which has never had, probably since 1917", - explained Faibisovich.

According to the publication, the Hermitage director Mikhail Piotrovsky has examined the collection and promised that in the near future the museum will show the new collection. Prior to the acquisition of collections from the gallery in the Hermitage Popoff was about 600 watercolors of similar level.

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"In acquired Hermitage collection includes watercolor brush Karl Briullov, Petra Sokolova, Vladimir Hau and Orest Kiprensky".

I do not understand ...
I thought that Karl Briullov bought.

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Fantastic collection was unsold.

Can not bought?

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Сообщение от Cyril Syzransky

Can not bought?

This is hardly ... In the article cited below says that the Hermitage staff followed the auction and immediately after their contact with the owners of the gallery "Popov".
For watercolor K. Bryullov was a serious bargain at auction, and seemed to be on the site somewhere mentioned that the work sold for a record price for watercolors Bryullov price. If only the Hermitage himself has participated in the bidding, the work could be in the Hermitage.
However, from the article itself and should not be that the work of K. Bryullov came to the Hermitage.

You can look at the results, but unsold, I think, were portraits of Hau.
They are probably more valuable from a historical point of view and it is in the collection. Because almost every job estimate was relatively high for a watercolor artist. A friend from childhood portrait NN Pushkina - still several times more. But all the same - indeed, strange that he is not selling out!
(I myself was thinking - then you can safely select something from what is not sold .)

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Сообщение от Tit

True, the article itself and does not imply that the work of K. Bryullov got to the Hermitage.

And I do not understand.
Tatiana knows for sure, eh?

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Well, maybe he knows Tatiana, may not know.
Especially interested, in general, to anything.
We will see later in the promised quick exhibition.

[uriart]

Tit, I tried to buy something after the sale.
Let's just say the lower estimate (1000) I offered 700.
I listened on the phone and asked to make a written proposal.
It is clear that my proposal was not accepted, because no response