LONDON.- MacDougall’s
have the star lot of London’s “Russian Week”. Ivan Shishkin’s early
masterpiece, View of Valaam Island, Kukko (est. £900,000–1,200,000) will
be on sale at MacDougall’s Russian Art Auction on 2 December. This
painting is the most expensive Russian work offered by the four auction
houses holding specialist Russian art sales during the first week of
December.
Shishkin exhibited two versions of the composition at the Imperial
Academy of Arts exhibition in 1860, for which he was awarded the large
gold medal. The smaller version of the work is now at the State Russian
Museum in St Petersburg.
MacDougall's Russian Art Auctions in London on 1-2 December 2010
will present a superb selection of significant works by important
Russian artists from the 19th and 20th centuries, including Natalia
Goncharova, Robert Falk, Petr Konchalovsky, Nicholas Roerich, Ilya
Repin, Ivan Shishkin and Ivan Aivazovsky. In total the three sales
consist of over 600 lots, with a total estimate of over £17 million.
Catherine MacDougall, Director, comments: “I believe the current auctions represent
Russian art truly well: from Icons to Classic masterpieces of
Aivazovsky and Shishkin to avant-garde artist Natalia Goncharova, to
Works on Paper to Contemporary Russian art – all the periods and styles
are represented and there is something for every collector’s taste.”
Russian Art Auctions
Russian Works on Paper: Wednesday, 1 December 2010, 10:30
Russian Classic and Contemporary Art: Thursday, 2 December 2010, 10:30
Russian Icons and Works of Art: Thursday, 2 December 2010, 16:00
Viewing
London: 26-30 November 2010, MacDougall’s, 30A Charles II St., London SW1Y 4AE
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