· New Edition of Seas, Cities and Dreams: The Paintings of Ivan Aivazovsky ·
Ivan Samarine and Gianni Caffiero are presently working on an updated edition of Seas, Cities and Dreams: The Paintings of Ivan Aivazovsky for publication in the second half of 2010. We would welcome any information about previously unrecorded paintings for inclusion or archival information. Please contact us on ivan@russianartconsultancy.com · 12 March Russian Art Auction ·
Here is the press release from the 12 March Russian art auction at Stockholm Auction House: Against the current background of economic trouble, collectors competed eagerly for a rare group of drawings by Philip Maliavin that were presented in the first Russian auction of the season at Stockholms Auktionsverk. Many were sold for several times their estimate, and against a presale estimate of SEK 240000 (€22,000), the Maliavin collection as a whole sold for SEK 596000 (€54,000). Lot 56, a large gouache of an elderly peasant couple in an autumn landscape, made SEK 175000 (€15,600) off of an estimate SEK 30000 to 50000. The top price in the sale was achieved by a charming, romantic depiction of a troubador, from a private Swedish collection, by Konstantin Makovsky which made SEK 1650000 (€147,000). Increased fascination with Russian stage and costume design was reflected in the prices achieved by works by Pogédaieff, two of which, lots 105 and 106, selling for more than double their estimates. Later in the sale, two Soviet porcelain figures depicting the brilliant ballerina Tamara Karsavina in two of her roles sailed above their estimates. Items by Fabergé achieved mixed results, with one or two exceptions; in particular, a diamond, silver and enamel-mounted hair ornament (lot 224), published in the Holmström design albums, sold for SEK 250000 (€23,000). The result continued the trend of the Russian auctions of London in November with, for the most part, prices noticeably lower and with many Russian clients staying away, giving opportunities for international collectors to buy. The prices above and below do not include commission. For more information please contact
· Online Catalogue ·The catalogue for the upcoming 12 March Russian art sale at Stockholm Auction House is now online · Stockholm Auction House Russian Art Auction, Including Works on Paper from the Studio of Philip Maliavin ·12 March 2009
Philip Andreievich Maliavin (1869-1940), Self portrait, signed, inscription on the back written by the artist’s daughter reading, ‘On the back of this is the self portrait of my late father Philip Maliavin Zoya Bounatian Maliavin Nice 1941’, pencil and black chalk, 31 × 22,5 cm., Estimate: SEK 4000 to 6000 (€400 to 600), lot 18 Here is the press release for the upcoming Russian sale at Stockholm Auction House: Stockholm Auction House will hold its next biannual Russian Auction on 12 March 2009. The sale has been put together by Ivan Samarine of Russian Art Consultancy, London and co-founder of the Sotheby’s Russian Department in London and Martyn Saunders-Rawlins, a highly experienced Russian art expert, in collaboration with Stockholm Auction House, the oldest auction house in the world. Stockholm Auction House was the first venue for dedicated sales of Russian art outside of London and New York and has now firmly established itself as part of the Russian auction calendar with buyers from all over the world competing with collectors from Russia. The sale will include an extremely interesting group of works on paper from the studio of Philip Maliavin. The life story of Maliavin parallels Russia’s own dramas and tragedies during the first half of the 20th century. A peasant, who in his early youth became a monk on Mount Athos, he had an extraordinary talent for drawing and painting which brought him a scholarship to the Imperial Academy, followed by success and international fame. Because of his peasant origins, he was invited to the Kremlin shortly after the Revolution in order to paint Bolshevik leaders, but in 1922, he left Soviet Russia forever. He settled in the south of France and continued to work and hold exhibitions all over Europe until the end of his life. In 1940, happening to be in Brussels, and after 18 years of exile still not speaking any language but Russian, he was arrested as a suspicious alien by the Gestapo. Having persuaded him of his innocence, he walked home to Nice where he died a week later. The contents of his studio were inherited by his daughter and then purchased by a Monegasque picture dealer. Stockholm Auction House is delighted to have been consigned a large group of these previously unseen works, which will add enormously to our knowledge of this highly important Russian artist. The sale will also include a number of important portrait miniatures from a private Northern European collection, paintings, porcelain, silver, bronzes and works by Fabergé. The auction will take place on 12 March 2009 and can be viewed from 8 March until the sale. For more information please contact See below some highlights from the sale:
· Russian Auction: 12 March 2009 ·The next Russian Art Auction at Stockholm Auction House will take place on 12 March 2009. Older · |