Still life by N. Goncharova outran Aivazovsky▓s landscape at Sotheby▓s

Date: 27.06.2008 Source: The Russian Antique

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I. Aivazovsky. Winter Landscape. Oil on canvas. Lot sold for GBP553 250. Sotheby▓s. Russian Art. London, June 9 [zoom (58k)]

On June 9, Sotheby▓s London Evening Sale of Russian Art established 6 new artist records, 12 lots sell for over $1 million and 6 for over GBP1 000 000.

Joanna Vickery, Head of Sotheby▓s Russian Art department in London thinks that the results of Evening Sale demonstrate that this market continues to mature. She commented: ╚It is clear that clients are looking for the highest quality works by Russian artists, such as seascape painter, Aivazovsky and Russia▓s Impressionist artist, Korovin, whose works were hotly competed for this evening╩.

╚Winter Landscape╩ by I. Aivazovsky was sold for GBP553 250 having exceeded the pre-sale estimate almost in seven times. Aivazovsky▓s ╚Pushkin and Countess Raevskaya by the Sea Near Gurzuf and Partenit╩ was the highlight of the group, realizing GBP 1,833,250.

╚Nature Morte aux Fruits╩, the Russian avant-garde masterpiece by Natalia Goncharova was the top lot. The painting made in 1914 was sold for GBP2 282 250. ╚Still Life with Red Flowers and Peaches╩, the second work by Goncharova in the sale, realized GBP 1,161,250 (estimate: GBP1 000 000√1 500 000). The still life, which is a major work from the early Russian avant-garde period, is believed to date from 1910 and is one of Goncharova▓s first still lives in oil.

Works by the artist Zinaida Serebriakova broke the GBP1 000 000 mark (estimate: GBP150,000-200,000).

A group of four works by Russian Impressionist painter, Konstantin Korovin performed exceptionally well, with each work exceeding its pre-sale high estimate. The group was highlighted by the sale of the artist▓s oil on canvas ╚View from the Terrace╩. Group of pictures was sold for GBP2 995 400 having exceeded the estimate in GBP900 000.

Further works which achieved high prices included Boris Kustodiev▓s oil on canvas, ╚The Flower Harvest╩, which was sold for GBP1,026,850 (estimate: GBP600,000-800,000).