Sothebys, Russian sales in London

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That, too, for sure, verbal incontinence.

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Well, Bogolyubov was presented private, bowed and said your Imp. Royal Highness /Your Imp. Majesty talked about art. There were dozens of artists.

Was not "dozens of artists! There was not even at least one more such as Bogolyubov! There was not even in the entire history of the Russian state that other artist on the degree of proximity to the Emperor and the impact on public policy. This is a unique event!

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Week "Russian auction" opens in London

29/11/201006: 35

LONDON /MOSCOW, November 29 - RIA Novosti, Elena Pakhomov, Svetlana Yankina. The biggest auction house opens in London, the traditional autumn-winter week of trading in Russian art, confirming the stability of the market and interest in the new name for the auction.

inexhaustible Africa Alexander Yakovlev

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appeared not so long ago on the "big" auction market works from the African series of artist Alexander Yakovlev, once again become the most expensive is in the preliminary estimates of experts auctions.

Yakovlev, who emigrated to France in 1920, took part in a motorized expeditions to Africa, organized by Andre Citroen in 1924-1925. After this trip, and was born a series of paintings that this year's surprisingly quickly rocketed to the top trades.

Auction house Sotheby's for the second time includes works by the artist in a number of key lots. In the present autumn session of the Sotheby's will put "Dance of the coolie-flap" with the estimate of 1 million pounds. At the same time last summer Yakovlevskaya same "Titi and Naranghe, Ekibondo chief's daughter became the most expensive lot of the" Russian Trading in London and was sold for 2.5 million pounds.

At this time, Yakovlev will appear at auction archrival Sotheby's - Auction Christie's, which is for "Aua, a woman of the tribe gang" raised the bar for the estimate to 750 - 950 thousand pounds.

Sotheby `s: tastes have changed

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Sotheby's will hold a session on "Russian auction" on November 30 and December 1. As a result of plans to bail out the auction order of 12.2 million pounds. This is almost two times lower than the results of flight auctions, when the "Russian Week" included a night - the most prestigious auction paintings and collected 22.3 million pounds. This time Sotheby's will hold only morning and afternoon trading painting XIX-XX centuries, as well as day trading arts and crafts, works by Faberge and icons.

However, the head of the department of Russian art, Joe Vickery, no reason to talk about the decline of interest in Russian art not.

Collection, exhibited at the auction bidding, gradually changed in recent years, the emphasis shifts. As a result, in this time of "hyped" names as Ivan Shishkin, among the top lots there.

"This shift toward some new markets for artists such as Yakovlev, if you want a new finding of these masters. In the past 10 years, collectors have re-opened it for yourself. That is, we see with our eyes, changes in tastes and preferences of customers", - said Vickery.

However, she said, 19 century still is a fairly strong work. Among them, for example, linen Alexei Bogolyubov "Before the feast of Santa Maria della Salute, Venice" with a preliminary estimate of 400-600 thousand pounds. Among the top lots as "Autumn Landscape" by Isaak Brodsky (100-150 thousand pounds) and "Delphinium" by Igor Grabar (100-150 thousand pounds).

"We expect that the outcome of this session of bidding, we rescued 15%more than last year. The Russian art market is now stable. We do not want crazy prices, we need stability so that collectors feel confident. Potential buyers just want it" - said Vickery.

Christie `s: Konchalovsky and Korovin

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Just four paintings by Peter Konchalovsky, as well as works by Konstantin Korovin, Isaac Levitan and Boris Grigoriev were among the top lots, "Russian auction" auction house Christie's, which will be held in London on 29 November.

Auction expects to gain up to the current session to 10 million pounds.

In morning and afternoon trading on the sale will feature approximately 500 lots - paintings and decorative arts.

Major Christie's expectations of the experts associated with the four paintings Konchalovsky. Top lot of the group - is a rare painting in 1908 Versailles. Alley "with the estimate of 800,000 - 1.2 million pounds sterling. Painting was exhibited publicly several times - twice in 2010 in Moscow and St. Petersburg on retrospective exhibition of the artist, but the auction will be presented for the first time.

The catalog of upcoming auction also includes two recent paintings the artist - "Still Life. Oranges and radishes. Kislovodsk" in 1934 (estimate 350-450 thousand pounds) and "Still Life. Tobacco Leaves" in 1931 (estimate 100-200 thousand pounds). Finally, the auction will be offered one of the first experimental studies Konchalovsky style of Impressionism, "Sadik, near Rome. Peach Blossom" in 1904 (estimate 200-300 thousand pounds).

Some of the central works of trades also includes "Girl in white, sitting in the garden" Korovin (800,000 - 1.2 million pounds), "The water's edge," Levitan (300 - 500 thousand pounds) and an unexpected "Great Pyramid of Giza" by Ivan Aivazovsky, which enjoys strong demand at the auctions just as seascapes. Preliminary assessment of the work amounted to 300-500 thousand pounds.

In the section of decorative art and Faberge central place is occupied by imperial presentation snuffbox from different colors of gold, adorned with precious stones and enamel. This snuff-box in December 1913 was presented as a gift on behalf of Nicholas II, the Turkish diplomat Turhanu Pasha, presumably in honor of his five years' service at the head of the Turkish Embassy in St. Petersburg. The present owner of the snuff box was purchased in 1919 and since then the market did not appear. Its estimate is 400-600 pounds.

Bonhams: Roerich

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Auction Bonhams has traditionally specialized in the works of Svetoslav Roerich.

The main work of the trades on Dec. 1 will be "King Solomon" - painting, never previously exhibited and sold. According to representatives of the auction, it is known for a very small circle of specialists. Valuation of the product is 300-400 thousand pounds.

This is one of only two known works unfinished series, which Roerich was created in 1923 in Paris, where he stopped on his way to his journey to India. Painting is a way, and on the back of Roerich as the illustrator depicted a scene of falconry from the series for a collection of European fairy tales European Fairy Tales. This series of works has also not been completed.

MacDougall `s: Repin, Shishkin, Kustodiyev

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baton Ends Week of the Russian trading the auction house MacDougall's: December 1 he conducts the auction of Russian graphic, and the next day - classical and modern painting, as well as icons and decorative arts. According to its director, Catherine MacDougall, this time put up for auction over 600 lots "for all tastes and budgets" with an approximate overall estimate of 17 million pounds.

According to her, at last able to realize graphics auction for more than 70%of lots, which indicates the enormous interest from collectors. Upcoming auctions will show whether this is a new trend in the art market.

In the graphics section of trades, a total of 200 works submitted, and the top lot of the auction is a watercolor Michael Zichy "Nubian with hookah" (estimate 40-60 thousand pounds). In addition, special attention should cover design of "Petrograd" in 1923 with the workers and collective farmers, made by Boris Kustodiev (estimate 25-30 thousand pounds) and a self-portrait Kuzma Petrov-Vodkin (estimate 35-50 thousand pounds), which he did in fact same year as his famous painting "Bathing the Red Horse."

Russian classical painting is represented, according to MacDougall, the "three pillars" - Ivan Shishkin, Ivan Aivazovsky and Ilya Repin.

"Painting Shishkin" View on Valaam Island, "which he produced and won a gold medal, is delighted not only with collectors, but museum professionals, it is very significance of his early work" - said director of MacDougall's. Experts of the auction house estimated the canvas in the 900,000 - 1.2 million pounds.

Among other masterpieces of trades - Repin painting "Returning to the fold" (750,000 - 1.2 million pounds), which depicts a house painter in Ukraine, where it now houses the memorial museum, as well as "The Venice Lagoon at night" Aivazovsky (800,000 - 1.2 million pounds).

Among the icons attention of collectors, according to MacDougall's, deserve Hodegetria XVII century, with figures of Archangels Michael and Gabriel (estimate 100-150 thousand pounds) and the triptych "It is truly" the image of Our Lady (115-150 thousand pounds).

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A brief overview of the upcoming auction of the Forbes. They identified the 7 most interesting lots, in their opinion:
The biggest auction houses in London starting on November 29 traditional autumn "Russian auction", the results of which are considered the main indicator of current market conditions of domestic art. However, the judge of this state, you can have directories and estimate: indeed very few top-end items, and their preliminary evaluation in comparison with the pre-crisis Russian auction looks quite modest. Obviously, under current conditions score a lot of expensive items auction was not easy - the owners of the masterpieces in no hurry to part with them, expecting to recover, and then lift the market. is not the best time to sell, but other than to buy: a lack of sverhdorogih auction lots have tried to compensate for the abundance of relatively cheap, but interesting subjects.

Will open the "Russian Week" auction house Christie's, which on Nov. 29 will put up for auction over 500 lots - paintings, decorative arts, furniture. Overall preliminary assessment of all lots - £ 15 million. Christie's favorite painting in the section - Pyotr Konchalovsky , one of the leaders of the Russian avant-garde and member of the Jack of Diamonds. " Christie's to Auction as four paintings Konchalovsky. Among the other top lots section of painting - works by Konstantin Korovin, Isaak Levitan, Ivan Aivazovsky, Alexander Yakovlev. Attention is drawn to imperial presentation snuffbox . It is very rare, in the history of the company they were built only 19 pieces. This snuff box was purchased from Faberge in 1909 for 2500 rubles (for comparison: the price of a 7-room apartment on the prestigious Big Sea Street in St. Petersburg at that time was about 2000 rubles). In 1911, the snuff-box was decorated with a portrait of Nicholas II, the wizard Vasily Zuev, and in 1913 on behalf of the emperor was presented as a gift Turhan Pasha, Turkish Ambassador in St. Petersburg. Estimate £ 400 000-600 000.

November 30 will be "Russian auction» Sotheby's. Top lot of these trades - work of Alexander Yakovlev . Yakovlev was the main hero of earlier, summer, trading Sotheby's, where his work "and Naranghe Titi, daughter of the leader Ekibondo" was sold for £ 2.505 million, becoming the most expensive lot of the auction. Among other interesting lots Sotheby's - work Alexey Bogolyubov, Isaac Brodsky, sculpture Vrubel. also highlighted the work of Komar and Melamid's "Allosaurus", estimated at £ 100 000 - 150 000. Series "Atsentralnyh portraits" was written by the artists soon after their arrival in the U.S. in 1978. As acknowledged by the authors shown in various poses dinosaurs are sort of a parody of Communist leaders. Overall preliminary assessment of all lots of "Russian Trading» Sotheby's - £ 12.2 million.

Auction house Bonhams will hold a "Russian auction" on December 1, among lots of paintings, furniture, decorative arts, works by Faberge. Top-lot auction Bonhams - Svetoslav Roerich painting "King Solomon," he wrote in 1923 in Paris and previously estimated at £ 300 000-400 000. Other interesting top lots - mosaic table from the collection of the Winter Palace , golden feather, presented Chancellor Alexander Gorchakov, by Ivan Aivazovsky, Nicholas Roerich, Alexei Kharlamov, Zinaida Serebryakova.

Completes the "Russian Week" auction house MacDougall's, who will bid on December 1-2. Specializing exclusively in Russian art of the small auction house usually looks pretty small compared to their multinational competitors, but this time he decided to "shoot". In MacDougall's most impressive collection of names and expensive top lots on the entire "Russian week". Among them - "Return to the fold" by Ilya Repin (estimate: £ 750 000-1 200 000), «View of the island of Valaam. Kukk Ivan Shishkin (£ 900 000-1 200 000), two marinas Ivan Aivazovsky - "The Venice Lagoon during the night» (£ 800 000-1 200 000) and "Moonlit Night on the Dnipro» (£ 500 000-700 000), "White Hispanic" by Natalia Goncharova (£ 500 000-700 000) and "Still Life with clover, Robert Falk (£ 600 000-900 000).
Valeriy Igumenov
Forbes

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LOT 12


PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN

ALEXEI PETROVICH BOGOLIUBOV

1824-1896

THE EVE OF THE CELEBRATION, SANTA MARIA DELLA SALUTE, VENICE


signed in Latin and dated 1867 ll; inscribed Venise lr


oil on canvas


400,000-600,000 GBP

Lot Sold.
Hammer Price with Buyer's Premium: 881,250 GBP (1,371,577.50 USD)


62 by 113.5cm., 24 1 /2 by 44 3 /4 in.

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LOT 32


PROPERTY FROM AN IMPORTANT PRIVATE COLLECTION, USA
 
ALEXANDER EVGENIEVICH YAKOVLEV

1887-1938

THE KULI-KUTA DANCE, NIAMEY


signed in Latin and dated 1926 l.r.


oil on canvas


800,000-1,000,000 GBP

Lot Sold.
Hammer Price with Buyer's Premium: 937,250 GBP (1,458,735.90 USD)


100 by 65cm., 39 1 /2 by 25 1 /2 in.

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LOT 23


PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE COLLECTION, GERMANY

MIKHAIL ALEXANDROVICH VRUBEL

1856-1910


THE ASSYRIAN


glazed ceramic


30,000-50,000 GBP

Lot Sold.
Hammer Price with Buyer's Premium: 181,250 GBP (282,097.50 USD)


height: 20.8cm., 8 1 /4 in.

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LOT 13


VASILY VASILIEVICH VERESCHAGIN

1842-1904

THE PORTICO OF A CHURCH


signed with initial in Cyrillic l.l.


oil on canvas


120,000-180,000 GBP

Lot Sold.
Hammer Price with Buyer's Premium: 187,250 GBP (291,435.90 USD)


45.1 by 60.3cm., 17 3 /4 by 23 3 /4 in.

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"African" pattern Yakovlev - top lot, "Russian auction in London

02/12/201003: 19

LONDON, Dec. 2 - RIA Novosti, Elena Pakhomov. The most expensive lot of the final session of the "Russian auction" in 2010, auction house Sotheby's in London was the picture of Alexander Yakovlev "Dance coolie-kuta", sold on Wednesday for 937.2 thousand pounds sterling, informs the press service of the auction.

Sotheby's on November 30 and December 1, held three sessions of trading of Russian painting and applied arts. For the first time in recent years, the auction did not hold evening - the most prestigious - art auctions in Russia.

Auction house Sotheby's for the second time includes works by the artist Yakovlev in the number of key lots. Last summer Yakovlevskaya same "Titi and Naranghe, Ekibondo chief's daughter became the most expensive lot of the" Russian Trading in London and was sold for 2.5 million pounds. "Dance of the coolie-flap" has not reached the price of a million pounds, but "meet" in the estimate, which stood at 800,000 - one million pounds.

Yakovlev, who emigrated to France in 1920, took part in a motorized expeditions to Africa, organized by Andre Citroen in 1924-1925. After this trip, and was born a series of paintings that this year's surprisingly quickly rocketed to the top of various trades in Russian art auctions.

Second-price lot was painting Alexei Bogolyubov "Before the feast of Santa Maria della Salute, Venice", which is a preliminary estimate of 400-600 thousand pounds sold by auction for 881.2 thousand.

During the bidding has been established as the two record prices for works by artists - ceramic sculpture Vrubel "The Prophet" ("Assyrian"), as well as a picture of Igor Grabar, "Delphinium" were sold for 181.2 thousand pounds each.

A total of up to three sessions of Sotheby's in London has received about 10 million pounds.

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LOT 25


IGOR EMMANUILOVICH GRABAR

1871-1960


DELPHINIUMS


signed in Cyrillic l.r.


oil on canvas


150,000-200,000 GBP

Lot Sold.
Hammer Price with Buyer's Premium: 181,250 GBP (282,133.75 USD)


132.5 by 112cm., 52 by 44in.

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LOT 25


IGOR EMMANUILOVICH GRABAR

1871-1960


DELPHINIUMS


signed in Cyrillic l.r.


oil on canvas


150,000-200,000 GBP

Lot Sold.
Hammer Price with Buyer's Premium: 181,250 GBP (282,133.75 USD)


132.5 by 112cm., 52 by 44in.