Auction House "Kabinet " will hold 16 and 17 April 2014 and the picturesque antiquarian auction :

« Russian paintings and drawings XIX-XX centuries »
auction number 24 ( 71) on April 16 at 18:00.

« Old and rare books , prints, photographs »
auction number 23 (72) 17 April 17 : 30 .

auction exhibition runs from 8 to 15 April at the CHA ( room number 1 ).

total of two auctions will be put up around 700 lots. Absolute top lot of the auction April entire series of " Cabinet " is a picture « Tulola Valley ", one of recent works by the artist , he wrote in 1918, shortly before his departure from Europe. This picture of nature Finnish town is a series of works, which became the basis of the famous 1918 exhibition in Stockholm and traveling solo exhibition from 28 U.S. cities ( 1920-1922 ) . Earlier work was part of the collection of the Museum of Nicholas Roerich in New York .

The bookplate auction exhibiting great rarity - Journal "Herald of Europe" in 1814 , where the first performance of Alexander Pushkin in print .

Particular attention gatherers organizers pay for rare books on the history and ethnography of Ukraine and Crimea .

Nicholas Roerich Tulola Valley . 1918 Oil on plywood. 25,8 × 56 Source: Press release of the auction house "Kabinet »

Herald of Europe , published by Vladimir Izmailov . Number 13, 14, 15. 's 3 bindings. M. , University Publishing In 1814 first performance in print Pushkin - poem "To a friend the poet » (№ 13. P. 9-12) . The first publication of the poem " Coln " (" Source Kalomony fast ...») (№ 14. P. 102-106 ) . The second presentation in print . Source: Press release of the auction house "Kabinet »

Auction « Russian paintings and drawings XIX-XX centuries » , which will be held on April 16 , this time includes 183 lots. Here and the classics of the XIX century - from A. A. Rizzoni to P. Bogdanov-Belsky , from V. Makovsky to Ivan I. Shishkin , Bogolyubov and I. Aivazovsky , and the work of painters and graphic artists of the XX century - P. Krymova , Yu Pimenov , K. Somov , Roerich , I. Shuhaeva , A. E. Yakovlev and others .

One of the most interesting lots of pictorial and graphical auction imposed even on the cover of the April catalog - a small oil painting on wood in 1867 Rome wonderful portraitist and genre painter Russian academician Alexander Rizzoni . Scene in which a monk trying to get a donation from elderly zelenschitsy called "green shop in Frascati " strikes of issue of the almost photographic detail .

Any appearance of works by Ivan Aivazovsky domestic auction attracts buyers; this artist is highly regarded in the global art market is a domestic " export product ". Miniature " Sailboat at Sunset " is typical of the late works of the great seascape .

Traditionally Alexander Yakovlev sketches made ​​during his expeditions "Citroen" in the countries of Asia and Africa, are very much appreciated . April auction Lot - charcoal and sanguine , illustration to children's novel " Feely and elephant M` Bala . " Figure red baboons estimated at nearly one million rubles .

Nikolay Bogdanov- Belsky Three Sisters . 1920 30th Oil on canvas. 70 × 89 Source: Press release of the auction house "Kabinet »

Boris Kustodiev Decorative sculpture " Accordion . " Late 1920s - early 1930s Leningrad Porcelain Factory Source: Press release of the auction house "Kabinet »

undoubted top lot should recognize children's portrait painting master Nikolai Bogdanov -Belsky "Three Sisters ».

In April the attention of connoisseurs of arts and crafts art will be offered a " series of porcelain ", which includes a dozen lots of the rare and popular with collectors agitfarfora . Now, when the Russian agitfarfora hardly found in the market, particularly interesting sculptor Natalia Danko and artists Boris Kustodiev and Basil Vatagina .

And finally, not to mention the real gift for collectors of eroticism in art : illustrations by Konstantin Somov to the famous " Book of the Marquise . " Candid picture "Rendezvous " is a typographic print , stained by hand and signed by Somov shortly before the official release edition published in 1918 .

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Among the main themes of the auction « Old and rare books, prints , photos » , which the auction house " Kabinet" hold April 17 , can be re- called history of the First World - the whole 2014 will be held under mark the 100th anniversary since the beginning of the "Great war" as it was called in Europe , or the "First World ", as was the custom in Russia .

undoubted attention connoisseurs attract lot 159 - unique selection of 853 's of postcards of the early twentieth century. She devoted the entire Caucasus : types Georgian Military Highway , Ossetia, Abkhazia and Svaneti , Tbilisi, Batumi, Borjomi and Baku ; Caucasian various types and nationalities . Cards issued in Tiflis , which in those years on a par with the two capitals was a recognized center for publishing and printing (no wonder there was born a whole school futurists ) . In addition, it was fashionable in Russia resting place , so there was printed here and sends out an array of postcards .

String « popular prints , posters, postcards , periodicals " world War consists of nearly a hundred lots. Maps , pictures , cartoons quite as unknown artists and recognized masters : Apsita , Vereshchagin , Dmitry Moor , Cheptsov .

Section "History of regiments and military schools » should draw attention Militaria collectors , ie items of military history. There is a real UNICOM - for example, " His Imperial Majesty's Convoy " in 1899 - luxuriously illustrated podnosnogo edition of the first special military unit , intended to protect the emperor and his family. Lot priced at 1100 000-1 400 000 rubles .

for auction also exhibited rare books on the history and ethnography of Ukraine . " Little Russian " rarity presented convolute of five " Southern Russian collections " A. Metlinskogo published in Kharkov in 1848 (Lot 60 , estimate 30-37 thousand). In Little Russian literature , where there were no magazines in the Ukrainian language , it played a prominent role literary anthologies and collections . Ukrainian antiquities attract lovers luxurious deluxe edition M. Zaharchenko "Kiev now and before " (1888 , lot 128 ), with an estimate of 130-170 thousand rubles. This is one of the most famous books devoted to Kiev .

Kit illustrations for publication " Annalistic narrative of Little Russia and its people and all the Cossacks . Collected and compiled through the work A. Rigelman 1785-86 year. " 1847 . 27 lithographs on stone Source: Press release of the auction house "Kabinet »

A. Rodchenko , Stepanova V. First Horse . M. , OGIZ - IZOGIZ 1938 Source: Press release of the auction house "Kabinet »

most interesting in this section is extremely rare set of illustrations for publication " Annalistic narrative of Little Russia and its people and all the Cossacks . Collected and compiled through the work of A. Rigelman year 1785-86 "( 1847 , 27 lithographs on stone to the publication of a military engineer , Major-General Alexander Ivanovich Rigelman ) . Illustrations of this publication are still considered paradigmatic images Ruthenia folk costumes (Lot 59 , estimate 320-370 thousand ).

And of course , these days not ignore Crimean topic . "Kabinet" offers the first study in the ancient Russian Crimea - Russian scientist - geographer and ethnographer Academician PI Koppen "On antiquities Southern coast and mountains Taurian" (St. Petersburg, 1837 , Lot 40 , estimate of 75 000-90 000 ).

And section revolutionary posters - three rare poster in 1920 , a period of war and Wrangel in Ukraine, the Ukrainian language : "Three rocky sotsialnoï revolyutsiï " " Join up chervonoï kinnoti ! " artist B. Silkin, "Pro scho mriє Wrangell , Han Krimska i Vserosiysky Autocrat " (lots 376 , 377, 388 ).

April's book auction " Cabinet "is a collection of carefully selected first Russian periodicals . This is Russia's first magazine dedicated to the theater - " Drama Herald," comes out in 1808 (Lot 24). Complete set of all three years of publication ( 1823 , 1824 , 1825), the famous almanac "Polar Star" with numerous lifetime editions of poems and poems of Alexander Pushkin (Lot 36). And top lot , received the highest estimate , - Lot 27 , " Herald of Europe ", one of the first Russian literary journals , published in Moscow in 1802-1830 , respectively. Founded the journal NM Karamzin , the head of the magazine in 1814 was V. Izmailov . That was the year in Room 13 was first printed poem by Pushkin ; it was called "To a friend the poet ." It is curious that in the room 14 publishers asked anonymous - author of the poem " to announce his name , because the law set themselves : do not print those writings, which the authors have not told us your name and address ." And by the way , in the same issue held its second appearance in print of the young poet Pushkin's poem " Coln ". For exhibition organizers expect to receive 2.4-2.8 million rubles .

Source : press release of the auction house "Kabinet »