Exposed to more than 350 lots - mostly painting, applied art, old books, coins and awards, icons, and antique weapons. Top lot - a sculpture by Sergey Konenkova

Friday, April 29, the auction house "Gelos" Auction will be held the month. On sale will feature over 350 lots - mostly painting, applied art, old books, coins and awards, icons, and antique weapons.

SERGEI Konenko Margarita Konenkova. 1920-30-e Estimate: 750 000 rubles and more Source: Press Release auction house Gelos »

main event of the auction sale will be a bronze sculpture Sergei Konenkova ( 1874-1971). Konenkov was a prominent sculptor who during his lifetime called the "Russian Roden, author of more than 700 works. In 1923 he went to the United States, accompanying the exhibition of Russian art.

year before departure, a young sculptor, married Margaret Vorontsova. Before the person to be represented by future wife, the sculptor saw her photograph. Then he remembered: "The girl in the photo was so beautiful that struck me as creation of some unknown artist. Especially beautiful was the turn of the head. And his hands - unusually beautiful hands - with thin delicate fingers were a girl in the photograph. These hands I've never seen! »

Most of Fame Sergei Konenkova was sculpted portraits of famous contemporaries, including the amazing images of Sergei Rachmaninoff and Maxim Gorky. Margarita Konenkova lived in the midst of one's circle of her husband, supported by familiarity with its famous models. Sometimes Konenkov found a similar relationship be inappropriate, such as in the case of Fyodor Chaliapin, or Albert Einstein, although the latter Margarita Konenkova came closer, most likely because of business considerations: the wife of the famous sculptor worked for Soviet intelligence, who was interested in the U.S. "nuclear secrets" . Therefore, the status of nuclear power in part due to Russia Margarita Konenkova.

In 1945 Konenkova returned to the USSR. In order to carry the product, we had to charter a boat. Among them was a bronze sculpture presented at the April auction auction house Gelos. Its owner - the nephew portrayed - and put up for auction this beautiful thing.

Vase Painted Birds of Paradise in the branches of lilac. " Imperial Porcelain Factory. 1855-1881 Estimate: 200 thousand rubles Source: Press Release auction house Gelos »

noteworthy valuable porcelain flower vase with the image of sitting on a branch of lilac bird of paradise. Exotic plumage and bright colors combine wonderfully with the exquisite pale background. The story itself is inspired by the popular in the mid XIX century, biological atlases. These atlases were filled with colorful, life-size images of unseen birds, animals, insects and plants, so the artists of the St. Petersburg Imperial Porcelain Factory, could not take the opportunity to show their skills.

Vases paired with a painting in the Oriental style Imperial Porcelain Factory. Start the 1890 Estimate: 420 000 rubles Source: Press Release auction house Gelos »