The attention of buyers of the first spring auction Leonid Shishkin Gallery offers a collection of Russian and Soviet paintings and drawings XIX - XXI centuries

Sunday, March 17, at 15:00 in the Gallery of Leonid Shishkin Hotel Ukraine will open the first spring auction in 2013. The attention of buyers offered a collection of Russian and Soviet paintings and drawings XIX - XXI centuries.

Among the top lots of the upcoming auction - a rare joint publication Mikhail Larionov and Natalia Goncharova « Modern Decorative Arts Theatre »(Gontcharova, Larionow. L'art decoratif theatral moderne. Paris, La Cible -« Target ", 1919 ). Colorful album with text Parnaha Valentine came in 1919 in an edition of 500 copies. For trading almost complete kit includes 14 illustrations, including six poshuarov (Fr. pochoir - «stencil" - manual screen printing technique). Bright, recognizable world of images, who was so impressive to contemporaries "Russian" and became the hallmark of Diaghilev's seasons, has drawn attention to the lot, estimated at 2.5-3 million rubles.

theatrical theme in the performance of the "first names" of Russian art continues costume sketches Mstislav Dobuzhinsky , dating from the same 1919 (estimate: 600 -650 000 rubles per set of 3 works).

Mikhail Larionov and Natalia Goncharova 14 sheets from the album «L'Art Décoratif Théâtral Moderne » 1919. Paper, lithography, poshuar, photomechanical reproduction. Each 48 x 32 Leonid Shishkin Gallery. 17/03/2013. Lot 48 Estimate: 2,5-3 million rubles Source: shishkin-gallery.ru

Russian classics represented in the collection of auction work Alexei Savrasov «Winter Road", characteristic of this great master of lyrical "mood landscape". Delicate and subtle work - a vivid example of the "winter theme" that is so important in the artist. Preliminary estimate 5-6 million rubles. Academic line continues in the upcoming auction of Thierry , Alexander Makovsky , Fedor Burkhardt , Apollinaris Apollinaris Goravsky , Seeds Fedorov .

Alexei Savrasov Landscape. Winter road canvas. 25 x 50 Leonid Shishkin Gallery. 17/03/2013. Lot 55 Estimate: 5-6 million rubles Source: shishkin- gallery.ru

Soviet masters, which traditionally specializes Leonid Shishkin Gallery, Presenting the work Vasily Vasily Yakovlev and Boris Korzhevsky . It is extremely interesting oil Alexander Gerasimov «collective farm" in 1929, in which the artist, student Korovin and , continuing a strong tradition and at the same time introduces new topics into other, Soviet, art.

Gerasimov collective farm in 1929. Oil on canvas. 68 x 98 Leonid Shishkin Gallery. 17/03/2013. Lot 36 Estimate: 600-900 rubles Source: shishkin-gallery . ru

seem particularly light work Michael Mahalova , for many years under reconstruction at the State Tretyakov Gallery. And in his urban landscapes, and in the pictures so close to him museum halls artist has managed organically combine the inherent monumentality era with ease and immediacy.

deserved attention is drawn graphic work Vladimir Shtraniha - the master of constructivism. An interesting part of the collection of such classics as and David Borovsky , with attractive valuation in the 20-30 thousand rubles.

work on Central Asia form a kind series in the collection of trading: large format colorful bazaar hand by an unknown artist (300-400 rubles), concise graphics David Borovsky, a modern interpretation of the theme in the work Azam Atakhanova .

Online Catalogue Auction March 17, 2013 .

Leonid Shishkin Gallery invites you to an auction March 17 . You can also leave correspondence for or participate in the auction by telephone, after contacting the gallery managers, or trade online, pre-register at the gallery.

pre-auction exhibition is open daily from 12:00 to 20:00 (22:00 - by appointment) in the Leonid Shishkin Gallery at the hotel "Radisson Royal».

Source : Press Release Leonid Shishkin Gallery