Russian Sale

28 November 2012 | starting at 14:00 GMT

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Pavel Pavlovich Dzhogin (Russian, 1834-1885) River landscape. Sold for £99,650 inc. premium

Prince Paolo Troubetzkoy (Russian, 1866-1938) Portrait bust of Fedor Chaliapin. Sold for £61,250 inc. premium

Philip Andreevich Maliavin (Russian, 1869-1940) The young girl. Sold for £61,250 inc. premium

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- Russian Paintings and Works of Art

Russian Sale

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1 — A brass-mounted malachite and lacquer photograph album

2 — Valerian Stepanovich Kryukov(Russian, born 1838)The Taking of Christ

3* — Yuli Yulievich Klever(Russian, 1850-1924)Woodland sunset

4* — Vasili Ivanovich Surikov(Russian, 1848-1916)A study for the Boyarina Morozova

5 — Mikhail Vasilievich Nesterov(Russian, 1862-1942)Tsarevich unframed

6 — Arseniy Ivanovich Meshchersky(Russian, 1834-1902)Mountainous landscape unframed

7* — Petr Nikolaevich Gruzinsky(Russian, 1837-1892)Summer troika ride

8* — School of Ivan Ivanovich Shishkin(Russian, 1832-1898)Pine forest; a study, 1890s

9* — Martsely Gavrilovich Sukhorovsky(Russian, 1840-1908)Satisfied with life 144.8 x 129.5cm (57 x 51in).

10 — Il'ia Nikolaevich Zankovskii(Russian, 1832-1919)'Kakheti; Alozanskaya Valley'

11* — Stepan Feodorovich Kolesnikov(Russian, 1879-1955)Autumnal landscape

12* — Serge Ivanoff(Russian, 1893-1983)The Knight and the Maiden

13* — Serge Ivanoff(Russian, 1893-1983)Portrait of the artist's wife

14 — Richard Karlovich Zommer(Russian, 1866-1939)Music in the shade of the trees

15 — Richard Karlovich Zommer(Russian, 1866-1939)The travellers' rest

16 — Viktor Karlovich Shtember(Shtemberg) (Russian 1863-1921)The Temptation of St. Hilarion unframed

17* — After Konstantin Yakovlevich KryzhitskyFarmstead in Little Russia unframed

18 — Gabrielo Bartolomeo Casessi(Italian, 1840-1900)Stormy waters

19 — Ivan Konstantinovich Aivazovsky(Russian, 1817-1900)View from the terrace of the artist's house in Feodosia

20* — Ivan Fedorovich Choultsé (Russian, 1877-1932)'Autumn in the Park of St. Cloud'

21* — Ivan Fedorovich Choultsé (Russian, 1877-1932)'Effet de lune'

22* — Frantz Alexeevich Roubaud(Russian, 1856-1928)Circassian charge

23* — Philip Andreevich Maliavin(Russian, 1869-1940)The young girl

24 — Vladimir Donatovitch Orlovsky(Russian, 1842-1914)'River Gnilitsa', 1885

25 — Nikolai Egorovich Sverchkov(Russian, 1817-1898)Casting the wolf, 1878

26 — Pavel Pavlovich Dzhogin(Russian, 1834-1885)River landscape

27 — Vladimir Egorovich Makovsky(Russian, 1846-1920)'Fair (Little Russia)', 1885

28* — A bronze portrait bust of Nicholas IIafter the model by Leopold Bernhard Bernstamm (1859-1939)

29* — Prince Paolo Troubetzkoy(Russian, 1866-1938)Sheikh of Araby 44.5 x 32 x 18.5cm (17 1/2 x 12 5/8 x 7 5/16in)

30 — Alexandr Victorovich Moravov(Russian, 1878-1951)Scything the grass

31 — Martiros Sergeevich Saryan(Armenian, 1880-1972)Red rocks

32 — Alexandre Benois(Russian, 1870-1960)A landscape and a town view; two works each: 23.5 x 31.5cm (9 1/4 x 12 3/8in).

33* — Svetoslav Nikolaevich Roerich(Russian, 1904-1993)Tibetan costume, 1924

34* — Nikolai Konstantinovich Roerich(Russian, 1874-1947)Tibetan Dzong, 1937

35 — Vladimir Vasilievich Lebedev(Russian, 1891-1967)'Anarchists', an illustration for Novyii Satyricon magazine, no. 17, 1917 unframed

36 — Artur Fonvisin(Russian, 1888-1979)The rider, 1930s unframed

37 — Nikolai Andreevich Tyrsa(Russian, 1887-1942)Crucifixion, 1912 unframed

39 — Kuz'ma Sergeevich Petrov-Vodkin(Russian, 1878-1939)Flowers, 1926 unframed

40 — Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Deineka(Russian, 1899-1969)'The origins of bandit land'; illustration for the journal The Atheist at the Machine unframed

41• — Alexandra Exter(Russian, 1884-1949)Sappho, Poesies, Fontenay-aux-Roses, 1944, number 5 of 5 copies each page: 32.5 x 25cm (12 3/4 x 9 7/8in)

42* — Artur V. Fonvisin(Russian, 1888-1979)Portrait of a young girl

43 — Kuz'ma Sergeevich Petrov-Vodkin(Russian, 1878-1939)Drawing for 'Spring in the country'

44 — Boris Dmitrievich Grigoriev(Russian, 1886-1939)Drawing for two dancing ladies from Café Chantant, featured in the headpiece for Intimité, 1918

45 — Alexandre Benois(Russian, 1870-1960)Stage design for Ravel's La Valse

46* — Boris Chaliapin(Russian/American, 1904-1979)Portrait of Fedor Chaliapin in a stage costume, 1941

47 — Pavel Tchelitchew(Russian, 1898-1957)Royal Palace - Nightfall, for Rimsky-Korsakov's Coq d'Or, Berlin, 1923 sheet: 48 x 60.5cm (18 7/8 x 23 13/16in).; sight: 38 x 59.5cm (14 15/16 x 23 7/16in).

48 — Pavel Tchelitchew(Russian, 1898-1957)Moonlight battle scene, for Rimsky-Korsakov's Coq d'Or, Berlin, 1923 sheet: 47 x 63cm (18 1/2 x 24 13/16in).; sight: 40.5 x 61cm. (15 15/16 x 24in).

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1 —
A brass-mounted malachite and lacquer photograph album

2 —
Valerian Stepanovich Kryukov
(Russian, born 1838)
The Taking of Christ

3^* —
Yuli Yulievich Klever
(Russian, 1850-1924)
Woodland sunset

4^* —
Vasili Ivanovich Surikov
(Russian, 1848-1916)
A study for the Boyarina Morozova

5 —
Mikhail Vasilievich Nesterov
(Russian, 1862-1942)
Tsarevich unframed

6 —
Arseniy Ivanovich Meshchersky
(Russian, 1834-1902)
Mountainous landscape unframed

7^* —
Petr Nikolaevich Gruzinsky
(Russian, 1837-1892)
Summer troika ride

8^* —
School of Ivan Ivanovich Shishkin
(Russian, 1832-1898)
Pine forest; a study, 1890s

9^* —
Martsely Gavrilovich Sukhorovsky
(Russian, 1840-1908)
Satisfied with life 144.8 x 129.5cm (57 x 51in).

10 —
Il'ia Nikolaevich Zankovskii
(Russian, 1832-1919)
'Kakheti; Alozanskaya Valley'

11^* —
Stepan Feodorovich Kolesnikov
(Russian, 1879-1955)
Autumnal landscape

12^* —
Serge Ivanoff
(Russian, 1893-1983)
The Knight and the Maiden

13^* —
Serge Ivanoff
(Russian, 1893-1983)
Portrait of the artist's wife

14 —
Richard Karlovich Zommer
(Russian, 1866-1939)
Music in the shade of the trees

15 —
Richard Karlovich Zommer
(Russian, 1866-1939)
The travellers' rest

16 —
Viktor Karlovich Shtember
(Shtemberg) (Russian 1863-1921)
The Temptation of St. Hilarion unframed

17^* —
After Konstantin Yakovlevich Kryzhitsky
Farmstead in Little Russia unframed

18 —
Gabrielo Bartolomeo Casessi
(Italian, 1840-1900)
Stormy waters

19 —
Ivan Konstantinovich Aivazovsky
(Russian, 1817-1900)
View from the terrace of the artist's house in Feodosia

20^* —
Ivan Fedorovich Choultsé
(Russian, 1877-1932)
'Autumn in the Park of St. Cloud'

21^* —
Ivan Fedorovich Choultsé
(Russian, 1877-1932)
'Effet de lune'

22^* —
Frantz Alexeevich Roubaud
(Russian, 1856-1928)
Circassian charge

23^* —
Philip Andreevich Maliavin
(Russian, 1869-1940)
The young girl

24 —
Vladimir Donatovitch Orlovsky
(Russian, 1842-1914)
'River Gnilitsa', 1885

25 —
Nikolai Egorovich Sverchkov
(Russian, 1817-1898)
Casting the wolf, 1878

26 —
Pavel Pavlovich Dzhogin
(Russian, 1834-1885)
River landscape

27 —
Vladimir Egorovich Makovsky
(Russian, 1846-1920)
'Fair (Little Russia)', 1885

28^* —
A bronze portrait bust of Nicholas II
after the model by Leopold Bernhard Bernstamm (1859-1939)

29^* —
Prince Paolo Troubetzkoy
(Russian, 1866-1938)
Sheikh of Araby 44.5 x 32 x 18.5cm (17 1/2 x 12 5/8 x 7 5/16in)

30 —
Alexandr Victorovich Moravov
(Russian, 1878-1951)
Scything the grass

31 —
Martiros Sergeevich Saryan
(Armenian, 1880-1972)
Red rocks

32 —
Alexandre Benois
(Russian, 1870-1960)
A landscape and a town view; two works each: 23.5 x 31.5cm (9 1/4 x 12 3/8in).

33^* —
Svetoslav Nikolaevich Roerich
(Russian, 1904-1993)
Tibetan costume, 1924

34^* —
Nikolai Konstantinovich Roerich
(Russian, 1874-1947)
Tibetan Dzong, 1937

35 —
Vladimir Vasilievich Lebedev
(Russian, 1891-1967)
'Anarchists', an illustration for Novyii Satyricon magazine, no. 17, 1917 unframed

36 —
Artur Fonvisin
(Russian, 1888-1979)
The rider, 1930s unframed

37 —
Nikolai Andreevich Tyrsa
(Russian, 1887-1942)
Crucifixion, 1912 unframed

39 —
Kuz'ma Sergeevich Petrov-Vodkin
(Russian, 1878-1939)
Flowers, 1926 unframed

40 —
Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Deineka
(Russian, 1899-1969)
'The origins of bandit land'; illustration for the journal The Atheist at the Machine unframed

41^• —
Alexandra Exter
(Russian, 1884-1949)
Sappho, Poesies, Fontenay-aux-Roses, 1944, number 5 of 5 copies
each page: 32.5 x 25cm (12 3/4 x 9 7/8in)

42^* —
Artur V. Fonvisin
(Russian, 1888-1979)
Portrait of a young girl

43 —
Kuz'ma Sergeevich Petrov-Vodkin
(Russian, 1878-1939)
Drawing for 'Spring in the country'

44 —
Boris Dmitrievich Grigoriev
(Russian, 1886-1939)
Drawing for two dancing ladies from Café Chantant, featured in the headpiece for Intimité, 1918

45 —
Alexandre Benois
(Russian, 1870-1960)
Stage design for Ravel's La Valse

46^* —
Boris Chaliapin
(Russian/American, 1904-1979)
Portrait of Fedor Chaliapin in a stage costume, 1941

47 —
Pavel Tchelitchew
(Russian, 1898-1957)
Royal Palace - Nightfall, for Rimsky-Korsakov's Coq d'Or, Berlin, 1923 sheet: 48 x 60.5cm (18 7/8 x 23 13/16in).; sight: 38 x 59.5cm (14 15/16 x 23 7/16in).

48 —
Pavel Tchelitchew
(Russian, 1898-1957)
Moonlight battle scene, for Rimsky-Korsakov's Coq d'Or, Berlin, 1923 sheet: 47 x 63cm (18 1/2 x 24 13/16in).; sight: 40.5 x 61cm. (15 15/16 x 24in).