Masterpieces in a million, "the Cabinet"
ARTinvestment.RU   12 марта 2019

March 16 auction house "Russian enamel" will present a collection of masterpieces of Russian fine art, consisting of 200 lots

the Total market value of the collection is estimated by experts more than $ 1 million, but the bidding for each item starts from 1 ruble, and the final price will show the real demand for such works of art.

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Among the many great names draw attention to the work of such artists as N. Altman, A. Benois, K. Bryullov, N. Goncharova, Boris Grigoriev, O. Kiprensky, K. Korovin, Vladimir Makovsky, A. Molinari, V. Polenov, I. Repin, V. Shukhaiev, and many others.

the Most interesting lot of decorative-прикладного art is a collection of 94 items of Russian and Western European glass of the eighteenth — beginning of the XX century: from the rare specimens of early glass production in Russia up to the best examples of faceted crystal set in silver for the leading jewelry firms — Faberge, Bolin, and others No less interesting from a historical point of view and razor of the Emperor Alexander II (1818). It is known that in the collection of the State Historical Museum there are two similar razor with the numbers 1 and 6. According to legend, these razors was seven, every day of the week.

is a Real masterpiece sketch Karl Briullov to his famous work "Hope nourishing love" (1824), which is stored in the collection Tittoni in Rome. It is known that in 1824, in a letter from Rome to the Society of encouragement of artists K. Bryullov reports: "I Began the picture representing the Hope that feeds Love." Next in the catalog and the second masterpiece of the great artist — in his drawing "Street of tombs. Pompeii" (1827), which is also interesting because that turnover made more inscriptions of the artist — are his notes about the finds in Pompeii during the excavations.

Among the jewelry works presented at auction, of course, stands the character set St. George cross to be worn with state dress (3 items), made by A. W. Holmstrom, a leading jeweler Carl Faberge.

Another great work of art can be called work Natalia Goncharova "Room in the estate of the Goncharov Polotnyanyy Zavod" (1907), originating from the famous Parisian collection of Serge Lifar and participated in the acclaimed exhibition dedicated to the 100-летию since the birth of A. S. Pushkin, "Pouchkine et son epoque" (Paris, Salle Pleyel, March 16 — 15 April, 1937).

From the collection of renowned bibliophile, collector of Russian antiquity and philanthropist Alexander E. Burtseva occur two luxury meter works by Boris Grigoriev — "Garden. Sketch for mural painting cafe" and "Wedding Piero. Sketch for the theatre" (it is known that work took part in 3-й the exhibition of the "Association of independent").

all auction lots can be found from 12 to 16 March 2019 at the pre-auction exhibition at the office of the Auction house "Antiquarium" (Moscow, Nizhny Kislovskiy lane., 6, p. 2).

the Auction will be held on March 16. Start of trading in 19:00.

Phone: 7 495-792-48-92; 7 985-969-77-45; e-mail: [email protected].

Source: press-релиз the auction house "Russian enamel"