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Wednesday, 18 April 2012

SALE: Sotheby's to offer Aivazovsky masterpiece, 24 April, London


Sotheby’s Orientalist Sale will take place in London on Tuesday, 24 April 2012. Showcasing paintings, drawings and sculpture depicting Turkey, the Middle East, and North Africa, the auction will be led by masterpieces by the Russian artist Ivan Aivazovsky and the Turkish painter and polymath Osman Hamdy Bey. Comprising 33 lots, the sale is estimated to bring in excess of £6 million.
LOT 6
IVAN KONSTANTINOVICH AIVAZOVSKY
RUSSIAN
1817-1900
VIEW OF CONSTANTINOPLE AND THE BOSPHORUS
signed in Cyrillic and dated 1856 lower right
oil on canvas
124.5 by 195.5cm., 49 by 77in.
ESTIMATE 1,200,000-1,800,000 GBP


Claude Piening, Head of Sotheby’s Orientalist Paintings Department, said: “Sotheby’s stand-alone Orientalist Sale will present some thirty works of the highest quality. We are committed to this important sector in the nineteenth-century market which has enjoyed robust growth over the last ten years, not least because of new interest from North Africa and the Middle East. We have therefore decided to create a ‘Masterpiece’ Orientalist Sale to coincide with a three-day series of related sales at Sotheby’s with the theme of Turkish and Islamic Week: Classical to Contemporary.  We are particularly fortunate to be offering two highly important and extremely rare works by Aivazovsky and Hamdy Bey, which represent a unique opportunity for private and institutional collectors alike. Great works by Hamdy Bey are exceptionally rare, with the added fascination that they provide a Turk’s – rather than an outsider’s – interpretation of life in the region.”

Among the highlights in the sale are:
  • View of Constantinople and the Bosphorus by Ivan Aivazovsky, estimated at £1,200,000-1,800,000
  • The Scholar by Osman Hamdy Bey, executed in 1878, estimated at £3,000,000-5,000,000
  • Le Hajj by Alfred Dehodencq, estimated at £100,000-150,000
  • John Frederick Lewis’ watercolour, Halt in the Desert, estimated at £80,000-120,000
  • Two paintings depicting Egypt by Edward LearPhilae (estimated at £30,000-40,000) and Sheik Abadeh on The Nile (estimated at £30,000-40,000)
  • One of the most iconic images in nineteenth-century Orientalist art, Le Simoun, by Eugène Fromentin, estimated at £200,000-300,000
  • Rebecca by Boris Anisfeld, one of a series of Biblical subjects, estimated at £200,000-300,000
  • Mauresque noire by Charles Cordier, an important rediscovered bust, estimated at £50,000-80,000

Ориентальные  торги Sotheby’s пройдут в Лондоне во вторник24 апреля 2012. Аукцион живописи, рисунков и скульптуры, изображающих Турцию, Ближний Восток и Северную Африку возглавят  шедевры русского великого живописца Ивана Айвазовского и турецкого художника и эрудита Османа Хамди Бея. На торгах будет представлено 33 лота, которые должны принести более £6 млн.

Клод Пенинг, глава Отдела ориентальной живописи Sotheby’s, сказала: «На специальных торгах восточного искусства Sothebys будет представлено около тридцати произведений высочайшего качестваМы уделяем большое внимание этому сектору рынка XIX века, который последние десять лет радует нас своим динамичным ростом, не в последнюю очередь - из-за возросшего интереса со стороны покупателей из Северной Африки и с Ближнего Востока. Поэтому мы решили параллельно с серией тематически взаимосвязанных трехдневных торгов Sothebys “Неделя искусства Турции и исламского мира: традиция и современность”  запустить еще и торги шедевров  ориентального искусства. Тем более что нам выпала редкая удача:  предложить как частным собирателям, так и институциям две великолепные и очень редкие работы -  Айвазовского и Хамди Бея. Помимо того, что большие работы Хамди Бея крайне редки, их притягательность возрастает и потому, что это взгляд турка на свою страну, а не чужестранца».

Tuesday, 10 April 2012

SALE: Russian Works of Art, Fabergé & Icons at Sotheby’s in April


Sotheby’s New York auction of Russian Works of Art, Fabergé & Icons on 17 April 2012 will offer a strong selection of rare and magnificent objects, many of which are emerging from private collections where they have been hidden for decades. The morning session at 10am will include icons, bronzes, porcelain and jewelry, featuring 124 dinner, soup and dessert plates commissioned in 1856 by Emperor Alexander II as additions to the St. Andrew Service, and crafted at the Imperial Porcelain Manufactory in St. Petersburg (11 lots, with estimates ranging from $9,000 to 80,000). The afternoon session at 2pm will offer important silver, enamels, Fabergé pieces, led by A Rare Fabergé Carved Lapis Lazuli Desk Clock Mounted in Gold, Silver, and Enamel, Workmaster Henrik Wigstrom, St. Petersburg, circa 1910 that once belonged to legendary collector and businessman Lansdell K. Christie (est. $250/350,000). The sale will be on exhibition in Sotheby’s York Avenue galleries beginning 12 April, alongside the auction of Magnificent Jewels.


A Fabergé Silver and Wood Presentation Lamp, Workmaster Karl Gustav Hjalmar Armfelt, St. Petersburg, circa 1900-1906. Est. $100/150,000. Photo: Sotheby's.


Another highlight of the Fabergé on offer in the April auction will be A Fabergé Silver and Wood Presentation Lamp, Workmaster Karl Gustav Hjalmar Armfelt, St. Petersburg, circa 1900-1906 (est. $100/150,000). The magnificent lamp, with its fine neoclassical fittings, was presented to Baron Emmanuel Nolde (1854-1909) by members of his staff – Nolde was a distinguished jurist and statesman, and one of Emperor Nicholas II’s key advisors. A Russian Diamond-Set Varicolor Gold, Platinum, and Translucent Enamel Presentation Cigarette Case, Carl Blank, St. Petersburg, circa 1900 also carries important provenance, having been presented to the Don Cossack General Nikolai Klunnikov (1858-1917) by grateful Ukrainian landowners of the Taganrog District, of which he was Administrator (est. $110/130,000).


This year marks the 200th Anniversary of the decisive Battle of Borodino, which marked the beginning of the end for Napoleon’s forces in Russia. The celebrations in 1912 served as the inspiration for A Russian Gilded Silver and Shaded Enamel Pictorial Table Cigar Box, Moscow, circa 1912 (est. $150/250,000). The cigar box depicts the French commander and his troops watching the burning of the Moscow Kremlin. The sale will offer additional items in porcelain, ivory, silver, and gold that were inspired by the victories two centuries ago, and the patriotic fervor they unleashed.


You can read the full article via ArtDaily here.  

Saturday, 3 December 2011

Sotheby's Russian art evening auction brings £5.6m

On Monday Sotheby’s Important Russian Art auction which was exceptionally well-attended brought £5,597,000 (est. £5,755,000-8,415,000). The sale achieved sellthrough rates of 66.7% by lot and 74.6% by value, and established two new artist records for Alexander Golovin and Pavel Kovalevsky. 
  
The top-selling lot of this evening’s auction was Petr Konchalovsky’s exceptionally rare, pre-revolutionary painting 'Tatar Still Life', dated 1916. The painting saw competition from 5 bidders and realised the above-estimate sum of £914,850/$1,415,181 (est. £500,000-700,000). The painting first belonged to influential Polish art critic Waldemar George who presented the painting as a wedding gift to Louis Gautier-Chaumet, editor-in-chief of “La Presse" newspaper, where George served as art critic.


Commenting on the results of this evening’s auction this evening’s auction, Jo Vickery, Senior Director, Jo Vickery, Senior Director and Head of Sotheby’s and Head of Sotheby’s Russian Art Department in London, said:  


“We are very pleased with the results achieved for  tonight’s Important Russian Art Evening Sale, which was led by Konchalovsky’s Tatar Still Life, a fine example of 20th century Russian painting. Artworks that came from the collection of Arthur Ferdinand Hamann performed particularly well, with all of the works offered selling for a combined total of £2,264,900/$3,503,574. We set new artist records for Alexander Golovin and Pavel Kovalevsky, both of whose works came from that private collection, and I was particularly pleased to see such depth of bidding for 19th century Russian classics. Today’s market for Russian Art is more selective than ever before and it is evident that fine works, priced appropriately with exceptional provenance generate competitive bidding; as we saw on our top lots this evening.”
http://www.sothebys.com/en/departments/russian-art/overview.html

Wednesday, 9 November 2011

Russian art auction: Masterpiece by Kustodiev on sale at MacDougall's 1st December

MacDougall’s has announced that its forthcoming Russian Art Auctions will be headlined by Merchant’s Wife, an exceptional masterpiece by Boris Kustodiev. The painting is estimated at £1,200,000-1,800,000, and will be among the top lots of London’s fall 2011 Russian week.

Merchants’ wives, or Kupchikhas as they are known in Russian, are among the artist’s most recognisable subjects. In these works, Kustodiev was looking for a distinctly Russian style using a wealth of rich and vibrant colours. He found inspiration in the merchant classes of provincial towns, vestiges of tradition at a time when Russia was going through dramatic changes.
Kustodiev’s Kupchikhas are represented in many important public collections of Russian art. The present variation on the artist’s favourite theme is one of very few major works that still remain in private hands.

The painting was shown at the historic Russian Art Exhibition in New York’s Grand Central Palace in 1924, organised by Sergei Vinogradov in order to raise money for his fellow artists stricken by the Revolution and civil war. Although Kustodiev did not travel himself to the United States, he contributed 21 works to the exhibition. Also among this number was Portrait of Irina Kustodieva , the artist’s daughter, sold by MacDougall’s in June 2011 for over £1.8 million.


William MacDougall, Director, commented: "We are proud to present another exceptional auction of masterpeaces of Russian Art on December 1st.  We are finding many clients who are looking for alternatives for their savings to uncertain finanacial markets, and so are are optimistic for a successful sale."

Russian Art Auctions 
Thursday 1 December 2011
10.30 Russian Art Part I
14:00 Russian Art Part II
17.00 Icons and Works of Art

Kiev Viewing
Museum of Russian Art 11-14 November

London Viewing
14:00-18:00 Friday 25 Nov
14:00-18:00 Saturday 26 Nov
12:00-18:00 Sunday 27 Nov
10:30-18:00 Monday 28 Nov
10:30-18:00 Tuesday 29 Nov
10:30-17:00 Wednesday 30 Nov