MacDougall’s Have the Top Lot of London’s “Russian Week”, Early Masterpiece by Ivan Shishkin

LONDON.- MacDougall’s have the star lot of London’s “Russian Week”. Ivan Shishkin’s early masterpiece, View of Valaam Island, Kukko (est. £900,000–1,200,000) will be on sale at MacDougall’s Russian Art Auction on 2 December. This painting is the most expensive Russian work offered by the four auction houses holding specialist Russian art sales during the first week of December. Shishkin exhibited two versions of the composition at the Imperial Academy of Arts exhibition in 1860, for which he was awarded the [...]

MacDougall’s Announces Top Lots of Its Russian Art Auctions to Be Held in December

LONDON.- MacDougall’s Russian Art Auctions in London on 1-2 December 2010 will present a superb selection of significant works by important Russian artists from the 19th and 20th centuries, including Natalia Goncharova, Robert Falk, Petr Konchalovsky, Nicholas Roerich, Ilya Repin, Ivan Shishkin and Ivan Aivazovsky. In total the three sales consist of over 600 lots, with a total estimate of over £17 million. Catherine MacDougall, Director, comments: “I believe the current auctions represent Russian art truly well: from Icons to [...]

Important Russian Enamels and Fabergé from a Private New York Collection at Sotheby’s

NEW YORK, NY.- Sotheby’s New York auction of Important Russian Enamels and Fabergé from a Private New York Collection on 4 November comprises a group of over 80 items painstakingly assembled over decades of collecting. The sale offers several works with noble provenance, including a wedding kovsh that was by tradition presented by Emperor Nicholas II and a bread and salt dish given to Grand Duchess Elena Vladimirovna for her wedding, and also features a unique group of parasol and [...]

Two Major Contemporary Russian Shows Opening at the Garage

MOSCOW.- The Garage Center for Contemporary Culture will showcase new art being created in Russia today in two major exhibitions, both opening on 5 March 2010. Futurologia will explore the legacy of the avant-garde movement of the early 20th century, showing how the work of Kazimir Malevich and his contemporaries continue to influence Russian artists today. Russian Utopias will examine the theme of utopia in Russian art over the last 20 years. Together, the exhibitions will represent the work of [...]