House of antique books "In the Nikita" invites auction # 90
ARTinvestment.RU   22 марта 2017

March 30, will auction "Russian painting, graphics, decorative-прикладное art XVIII–XX centuries Autographs, historical documents, rare books on art, photography. From the collections of M. V. Ratz, I. V. Ilyinsky, E. Gollerbakh, A. T. Tvardovsky"

Online-каталог auction.

first and foremost, the organizers of the auction present graphics from the collection of the oldest bibliophile Brand rat's — collector and researcher of Russian children's book:

Lot 72 — bilateral composition of Z. E. Serebryakova. "Self-portrait" of the artist is a preparatory work to the well-known "self-Portrait with mirror" (1910); on the reverse side of a sheet — sketch for mural "Turkey" for the Kazan station in Moscow (1916).

Lot 75 — "Summer evening in Ust-Крестище" (1917), E. E. Lansere — one of the later works painted by the artist in the manor Ust-Крестище. The artist received it as a dowry after he married Olga Konstantinovna Artsybusheva in 1904 and lived there until Dec 1917.

Lots 77, 86, 95, 96, 117 — work L. A. Bruni, B. M. Kustodiev, R. N. Barto, V. M. Konashevich.

In the string of Russian printed graphic art XVIII–XX centuries, the auction house noted:

Lot 1 — Plan of Imperial capital city of St-Петербурга, written in 1737 by the architect P. M. by Eropkina (1741). The first known Russian printed plans of the city, compiled on the basis of the topographical survey, conducted by the St. Petersburg Academy of Sciences from 1729, which allowed to exactly display the actual city construction.

Lot 2 — lifetime "Portrait of Emperor Peter I" (1714), made by engraver H. A. Wortmann the original I. G. Tannauer.

Lot 3 — paired portraits of Grand Duke Pavel Petrovich and Grand Duchess Maria Fedorovna, created during their trip to Europe in January, 1782; prints come from the famous Parisian collection of Alexander Popov;

Lot 15 — rare variant of woodcut ceremonial portrait of Emperor Alexander I on the background of the Mikhailovsky castle (1802-1805).

Lots 226-229 — etchings of the French Impressionists E. Manet, C. Pissarro, Auguste Renoir.

Lots 230-233 — trial lithograph illustrations of A. A. Deineka, A. D. Goncharov and artist Kozlov to the fables of I. A. Krylov, is performed for textbooks VKHUTEMAS (1922).

Self Thong (lots 278-304) the catalog includes woodcuts of M. I. Polyakova from the collection of the collector and the researcher of creativity of the artist Leonid Chirkov. "More than 45 years of experience, — writes Chirkov, — the artist has illustrated many books of Russian and foreign classics. In the years 1966-1967 the Poles performed a Suite of prints-воспоминаний. Instead of constructing the autobiography, the artist cut narrative miniatures on specific events of his life, and joined them in chronological order in a complex composition..."

In a string of art auction "In the Nikita" recommends to pay attention to a number of lots:

Lots 31 & 32 — "Winter landscape" (1910-е) and "Summer landscape" (1930-е) painted L. R. Sologub.

Lot 35 — version of the famous paintings of Gerasimov "Bath" (1940; the original is in the House meeting-музея A. M. Gerasimov in Michurinsk).

Lot 36 — "Odessa port" A. M. Nuremberg (the second half of 1940-х).

Lot 49 — "View of the chambers of Averky Kirillov in Moscow" (1965) O. Prokofiev — famous artist of the underground, the poet, the son of the composer Prokofiev and expert on his work;

In the string of original graphics of the twentieth century offers a selection of drawings and watercolors by M. V. Dobuzhinsky: views of Venice, Florence, Vitebsk, sketch for theater the production of "the Cossacks of Platov's troops in Paris," illustration to the drama of Schiller's "Robbers" from the collection of the artist's heirs (lots 81-85, 98).

In the same section exhibited a female portrait by B. D. Grigoriev (lot 90), illustration by D. S. Moore to the story "Case of theirs" (lot 91), "Thermometer" price M. M. Cheremnykh (lot 99), a variant of a costume for the Prokofiev's ballet "On the Dnieper" N. Goncharova (lot 101), illustration Y. I. Pimenov to the journal "Growth" of 1933 (lot 105), a selection of watercolors and gouaches A. M. Laptev, including illustrations for the beloved book "the adventures of dunno and his friends" (lots 140-144).

From the collection of A. I. Agapkina put up for auction the collection of "unofficial" Soviet art, which includes works of famous artists-нонконформистов: B. P. Sveshnikov, V. P. Pyatnitsky, I. V. Voroshilova, E. S. Kurochkina (lots 173-176, 183-194).

In the section "the artist and the book, manuscripts, historical documents and autographs" the organizers provide:

Lot 331 — "Journey to Siberia on the orders of the king in 1761..." Jean Chappe d Otrocha — uvrazh, decorated with 55 engravings by J. Le Prince, and banned in Russia.

Lot 336 — diploma signed by Emperor Alexander I and the State Chancellor A. R. Vorontsov, confirming the right to the hereditary possession Dmitry Alexandrovich Fonvizin (brother of the Decembrist Mikhail Aleksandrovich Fonvizin) of the estate, granted by Emperor Paul I, his father — Alexander Ivanovich Fonvizin (brother of playwright Fonvizin).

Lot 351 — set of the magazine "World of art" (1899-1904) 10 possessory bindings with a full selection of art applications, from the library of Tvardovsky;

Lot 426 — manuscript of the song "Why the aborigines ate cook" V. S. Vysotsky 1970-х years, Belova, an autograph of a famous song that is different from the canonical text presented by the poet in Rosconcert.

the Auction will be held March 30, 2017 in the halls of the House of antique books "In the Nikita" (Moscow, Nikita lane, 4A, page 1). Start of trading in 19:00.

Phone: 7 (495) 926-41-14 (from 10:00 to 20:00, Tuesday — Saturday); e-mail: [email protected].

Source: press-релиз House of antique books "In the Nikita"