Yesterday, June 18, the auction house "Kabinet" held two auctions at once: first, to sell "orders, medals, insignia of the Russian Empire", and then it was the turn of "Russian paintings and drawings XIX - XX centuries" . On the second bidding and tell.

For the latest in this season trades "Cabinet" painting and drawing produced a total of 123 lots, it could have been 124, but the scenery Gregory Kapustin « Seashore near Alushta "(lot 10) was shot. All other work was, as they say, is obvious - admire them was not only in the catalog, but also on the walls of the mart. By the beginning of trading in the audience were about 30 people, and later they became even greater, but are actively buying, perhaps, was no more than a dozen people - a classic situation. The auction was generally very evenly and smoothly through a clear management auctioneer Andrew, a good selection of lots and their competent placement in the directory. For example, the work is certainly interesting public were evenly distributed in the catalog. The same can be said of the eight figures Mavrina , not marching single thong, and separated into different parts of the directory . However, for graphics Mavrina such tricks were not mandatory: all her work sold out, with many much higher estimate. In general, the schedule was this time in favor. At least such a general impression formed. And let the one Polenov landscape oil painting for 9 million rubles is approximately equal to the revenue of all the chart put together, but the first one, then the work went on without bargaining absentee rate, but for the individual drawings were such auction battles that any artist would envy.

total of 123 lots were sold to 71, ie 58%. The total auction revenue was more than 32 million rubles, which is equal to 49%of the average of the total estimate. For the Moscow picturesque auction result is good, it confirms the general Russian auction market in the first half of 2013 . For this particular auction house, however, is not a record. Recall the previous picturesque auction "Office" April 23 , where revenues reached 91%the mean estimate and 61%of lots sold. But, of course, one should not expect from the summer collections and auction results at the spring. At Christie's and Sotheby's records also installed, as a rule, during the cold season and in the summer is traditionally a small decline in activity occurs. This is normal. Yesterday's auction as "Cabinet" passive does not name. Actively traded in the hall, where did 22 lots; 7-8 employees auction house taking bets from phone buyers who got 25 lots, and, finally, by absentee rates were 24 lots sold.

Vasily Polenov Do Sea of ​​Galilee. The end of 1890 - beginning of 1900 canvas on cardboard, oil. 36 x 71 Kabinet. 18.06.2013. Lot 9 Estimate: 9-14 million rubles Result: 9,000,000 rubles Source: kabinet-auktion.com

Nicholas Roerich Sketch. From the series "Ladoga". 1918 Oil on plywood. 22 x 49,5 Kabinet. 18.06.2013. Lot 37 Estimate: 5,5-7 million rubles Result: 5.5 million rubles Source: kabinet-auktion.com

top lot of the auction was already mentioned landscape « At Sea of ​​Galilee "(item 9). Estimé 9-14 million rubles work of the famous evangelical cycle having "sister" in the Yaroslavl Art Museum (version of this picture, "Gennesaret Lake", 1880, oil on canvas), was sold for 9,000,000 rubles at the rate of part-time. The second most expensive work of trading has become Ladoga sketch , the recent record-Russian trade in London, where his "Proceedings Our Lady "was sold for 7.88 million pounds. Study in 1918 of a series of "Ladoga", exhibited yesterday to "Cabinet", was sold for 5.5 million rubles in absentia rate when evaluating 5.5-7 million rubles. Study refers to a series of works which Roerich himself believed his latest Russian paintings. Closes the top three most expensive lots in yesterday's auction work Malyavina «Three girls at the threshold of" (lot 62). During the colorful canvas of the 1930s traded to the upper estimate of 3.3 million rubles: defeated party in the hall.

Several paintings with seven-estimeytami were left without buyers (this is what most of and spoiled the general statistics of trades). Not bought landscape Schilder «By Night" for 5.5-9 million rubles, "Mountain Landscape» E.Lancere for 1-1.4 million, a huge, full-length work of landscape K.Rozena "Sunset over the river. Evening craving "for 2-2.8 million rubles, and some others. But a very small cardboard Stozharova «fall on the outskirts of the village" (lot 85) caused a lively contest participant in the hall and telephone customer: with jokes and quips traded up to 600 thousand rubles (while the estimate 360-420 thousand). Of paintings is also worth mentioning "Cafe" Saigon. " Leningrad "brush Sergei Frolov (Lot 106). For the painting in 1966 began to argue sitting in the hall next to a man and a woman who apparently suffered a simultaneous attack of the St. Petersburg nostalgia. Price raised to 470 thousand rubles, while the estimate 380-450 thousand.

ALEXANDER Arnshtam Harlequin and Death. 1915 Watercolour. 24.5 x 29 Kabinet. 18.06.2013. Lot 32 Estimate: 90-120 thousand Result: 1 million rubles Source: kabinet-auktion.com

CONSTANTINE CHEBOTAREV For social democratic guise. 1928 Paper, ink, white. 31.2 x 27 Kabinet. 18.06.2013. Lot 57 Estimate: 96-112 thousand Result: 300,000 rubles Source: kabinet-auktion.com

As mentioned above, some graphics work at yesterday's auction became a battleground between the Bidder. The hottest of them broke out of a very small watercolor Alexander Arnshtama «Harlequin and Death" (lot 32). Artist "World of Art", an illustrated book , Ann, Nabokov, Pushkin, Bryusov, etc., and in the 1920s became one of the first professional film artists, the auction market is extremely rare visitor. The database AI recorded only 8 of his works, and two of them were sold yesterday at the "Cabinet". For the watercolor "Harlequin and Death" (estimate 90-120 thousand) argued Bidder correspondence and three employees of auction houses, which were traded on behalf of their clients. We started with 90 thousand rubles, quickly passed the maximum absentee bid, and then left alone two applicants did not even omits bidderskih tablets during bargaining. As long as they were moved rates on 50 thousand rubles, the audience began to look around in search of this small watercolor, which caused such a stir. When the hammer price has already exceeded 900,000 rubles, the fight suddenly came another party - it is something watercolor and went for 1 million rubles. By the way, another work Arnshtama, "Ill Harlequin" was adopted quietly, bought her a little more expensive than the estimate, for 185 rubles.

Of the six proposed works by Alexander Benois best adopted two mountain scenery: "The chapel in the foothills of the Alps" (lot 51, estimate 565-650 thousand) and "On the back of the alpine village" (lot 51-bis, estimate 465-550 thousand rubles). Both works have gone much more of estimate, for 700 and 755 thousand, respectively. It seems that during the bidding process because of these watercolors one of the participants introduced the pernicious practice of going on a half-step, quickly adopted from its originator other buyers and significantly delay the time of closing. Because of these half-steps auction for individual items out particularly funny. For example, when a sound rate of 150 thousand rubles, and behind her, playfully voiced figure 151, leading the audience did not even have time to figure out whether this is a joke. So long argued for drawing K.Chebotareva 1928 "for the Social Democratic Curtain" (lot 57, estimate: 96-112 thousand). Two telephone buyer steps then 5, then at 10,000 came eventually to 300 thousand. When hammering finally heralded the end of the bargaining, leading asked, and what to sell. From the hall immediately informed that, say, it was a portrait, alluding to the similarity of the central character of the figure with the notorious politician (which is - judge for yourself).

all of the battles for the graphics and you name it . And argued over cartoons of the First World War, and for ironic "Idyll» Michael Cheremnyh , and for the "Collection textile workers » Alexandra Platunova , for the drawings of T. Mavrina etc. Observe the process was a pleasure. I would like to congratulate the organizers of the successful auction and wish them maintain this level in the new auction season. The nearest auction of paintings and drawings is scheduled at the "Office" in October.

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