At Christie's Russian auction in New York will be exhibited works of Russian art XVII-XXI centuries

April 24, 2009 auction house Christie's will hold in New York auctions in the category of «Russian Art». They are works of Russian art in an impressive range of XVIII to XXI century.

In the works of Russian decorative arts leader «lily of the valley» the work of Carl Faberge. In addition, this section will be well represented objects created in Technology peregorodchatoy enamel, and more than 60 works of Carl Faberge.

In the paintings deserve special attention, two canvases painted by David Burliuk , the most significant of all, that appeared at auction for past few years, - «Hairdresser without head» and «Rider-Death». In addition, the attention of collectors will be represented by the picture «Portrait of Nicholas Roerich in Tibetan clothes». Pre-show exhibited works at the auction will be held from 18 to 23 April.

«lily of the valley» Faberge work done around 1900, made of gold, jade and rock crystal, with a bud of pearls. His appearance at the auction - this is in itself a remarkable event. Estimeyt work of 150-250 thousand dollars. In total, the workshop of Carl Faberge was manufactured less than 100 copies «lily of the valley», some of them were bought by the Empress Alexandra Fyodorovna and Dowager Empress Maria Fyodorovna, as well as other members of the imperial family.

In the decorative arts will also be presented for a set of punch out of gilded silver, decorated with cloisonne enamel Faberge work around 1896-1908 years (estimeyt 250-350 thousand dollars). This set of bowls, eight cups, trays and bucket, was an excellent piece of work in Moscow shops Faberge, for which the works in these years are characterized by such a rich color palette.

made of chalcedony with inclusions of gold figurine parrot sitting on the crossbar of gilded silver, enamel coated giloshe, the work of Faberge's 1896-1903 assessed by experts in the 30-50 thousand dollars. Combining precious stones with enamel is quite unusual for a Faberge work of animal figurines. Instances such as this are extremely rare in the market and antiques can be found only in museums or major private collections, such as the British Royal Collection of Faberge.

Among the top lots section of decorative art will also be presented made about 1795 tureen of gilded silver and black, with the hallmark of seeds Bodies (20-30 thousand dollars). This tureen was made by Count Nikolai Petrovich Sheremetev. Separate attention should be paid to unusual and elegant silver frame, made in St. Petersburg on the order of the imperial family in the years 1896-1908, which is photo of Nicholas II (100-150 thousand dollars), and rare-icon triptych in the salary of gilded silver with peregorodchatoy enamel work Fiodor Ryukerta (180-220 thousand dollars).

Creativity David Burliuk will be presented at an auction two works, unique in the market which had been already many years. Burliuk was expelled from the Moscow School of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture for the promotion of avant-garde art. Once in 1921 Burliuk moved to the United States, his work is no longer fit into the usual framework of existing at the time of the painting, despite the apparent predisposition to thick layers of paint in the style of postimpressionistskih paintings by Vincent van Gogh.

Cloth Burliuk «Hairdresser without head» (1912) is perhaps one of the most important of his works kubofuturisticheskogo period (300-500 thousand dollars). This picture is often seen by experts as a unique response to the canvas Burliuk Mikhail Larionov «officer Hairdresser», which was written three years earlier. Burliuk is considered the father of Russian futurism, and his work is noticeably influenced the attitudes of artists in 1910-ies.

Job Burliuk «Rider-Death» (1911) the completion of early phase of the artist, during which he used in his paintings complex composite solutions, and greatly affected by Russian folk art (300-500 thousand dollars). Name canvases, some art historians, is the allusion in the title of the «Blue Rider», together with participants of the Burliuk first exhibited his works in 1911. Both paintings were previously part of the collection of famous American collector Max Granika.

«Portrait of Nicholas Roerich in Tibetan attire» (1933) painted by Svyatoslav Roerich considered to be one of the most important works in the creative legacy of the artist (0,9-1,1 million dollars). Svetoslav Roerich believed that when creating a portrait of the artist should focus on specific features that are most important, and omit those that are likely to destroy the integrity of the image. This portrait emphasizes Buddhist symbols and realistic architectural background.

Cloth Vladimir Orlovsky «Spring day. Ukraine »(1882) was performed during the period when the artist often went to the Crimea (200-300 thousand dollars). Orlovskiy often wrote Ukrainian landscapes, especially the world of southern sun and sophisticated artist's attention to detail make this a unique canvas.

Of the nine works of Nicholas Roerich, at the forthcoming auction of special attention should be paid to landscape «The greatest and holy Tangla» (1929). This is one of the few mountain scenery from the cycle of Roerich «Shambala», come down to our days (300-500 thousand dollars).

Job Natalia Goncharova «Lilia», executed in pastel shades, evaluated by experts in the 100-150 thousand dollars.

Source: Press Releases Christie's