INVITATION TO
THE AUCTION PREVIEW NOVEMBER 14th at 15.00 - 20.00 RUSSIAN & FINE ART EXHIBITION Gallery Maison d'Art - 27 Av. de la Costa - 98000 MONACO & 17 NOVEMBER AUCTIONS Le Meridien Beach Plaza, Monte Carlo NUMISMATICS at 12.00 FINE ART at 15.30 OBJECTS OF VERTU at 17.30 ROSSICA at 18.30
21 NOVEMBER AUCTIONS Le Meridien Beach Plaza, Monte Carlo RUSSIAN ART at 11.00 ANTIQUARIUM ROADSHOW at 17.30
14th of NovemberHermitage Fine Art invites you to theFine Art auction preview of the most important art works in the upcoming sales (17 and 21 November) at the Gallery "Maison d'Art" in Monaco from 3pm to 8pm. The auction house will exhibit outstanding masterpieces by great Russian and European painters includingCamille Pissarro, Eugene Boudin, Ivan Aivazovsky, Konstantin Makovsky.
November 17th and 21st Hermitage Fine Art will auction collections of numismatics, objects of vertu, Russian and international fine art in the Meridian Beach Plaza hotel, Monte Carlo.
INVITATION
PRE-SALE EXHIBITION 14 NOVEMBER 15.00 - 20.00 RUSSIAN & FINE ART EXHIBITION Gallery Maison d'Art - 27 Av. de la Costa - 98000 MONACO & AUCTIONS 17 NOVEMBER Le Meridien Beach Plaza, Monte-Carlo NUMISMATICS 12.00 FINE ART 15.30 OBJECTS OF VERTU 17.30 ROSSICA 18.30
AUCTIONS 21 NOVEMBER Le Meridien Beach Plaza, Monte-Carlo
RUSSIAN ART 11.00 ANTIQUARIUM ROADSHOW 17.30
Lot 250 •
EUGÈNE BOUDIN (1824 – 1898)
Etretat, La Falaise d'Amont, 1891
Signed and dated 'E. Boudin 91' (lower right)Oil on panel 37.3 x 46.2 cm Painted in 1891
Lot 705 •
IVAN KONSTANTINOVICH AIVAZOVSKY (1817-1900)
Figures by a moonlight shore
Signed in Cyrillic and dated 1858 (lower right) Oil on canvas 41 x 33 cm
Lot 703 •
NIKOLAI PETROVICH BOGDANOV-BELSKY (1868–1945)
Reading Girls
Signed 'N. Bogdanov-Belsky' (lower left) Oil on panel 22 x 26 cm
Lot 258 •
FREDERIK MARINUS KRUSEMAN (DUTCH, 1816-1882)
Winter Landscape with Skaters and a Covered Wagon Near a Church, 1870
Signed lower left Oil on canvas 70.6 x 101 cm
Lot 317 •
CLAUDE VENARD (FRENCH 1913-1999)
Running on the Beach
Signed lower right Oil on canvas 46 x 55 cm
Lot 251 •
CAMILLE PISSARRO (1830-1903)
Woman Hanging Laundry (study)
Monogram 'CP' (lower left) Oil on canvas mounted on panel73 x 60 cm Painted circa 1887
Lot 704 •
KONSTANTIN YEGOROVICH MAKOVSKY (1839-1915)
Portrait of an elegant lady with a fan
signed and dated '1883' Oil on canvas 121.5 x 74 cm
Lot 812 •
A large presentation silver kovsh (Peter I)
Moscow, circa 1696. Silver, carving, gilding.
NUMISMATICS AUCTION - November 17, beginning at 12.00 Catalogue PDF
A large numismatic auction will start on November 17 at 12.00 Monaco time featuring coins of Ancient Greece, the Roman Empire, the Byzantine Empire, the Middle Ages and modernity. Among the top lots there will be lifetime coins of Caesar, Cleopatra and Marcus Antonius, Julia Domna, Caracalla and Geta, Commodus, Elagabalus, Septimius Severus – these are perhaps the only reliable portraits of these great historical figures. Items of great value are the coins of China of the XVII century, the coin of the Russian Empire with the image of Peter the Great, the medals of the Russian Empire of the 19th century with portraits of Alexander II and Alexander III, as well as a rich variety of gold European coins of the XI-XIX centuries
INTERNATIONAL FINE ART AUCTION - November 17, beginning at 15.30 Catalogue PDF
On November 17 Hermitage Fine Art will hold an auction of international fine art of the XIX-XX century. It will be held at the hotel Le Meridian, beginning at 15.30. Among the famous names there are Camille Pissarro, Eugène Boudin, Claude Venadre, Frederik Marinus Kruseman, Erte, Elie Anatole Pavil, and Felix Varla.
Top lots of the auction will be:
Preparatory artwork by Camille Pissarro for his well-known painting "Woman hanging laundry", exhibited in the museum D'Orsay in Paris, as well as 'La Falaise d'Amont' by Eugene Boudin, of the Norman landscape and a snow-white cliff well known among the impressionists.
In addition to these well-known works, there will be the winter Dutch landscape with skaters by Frederick Marinus Kruseman, aerial images in sketches by Erte, young ballerinas by Arnaldo Ferraguti, Paris streets by Lucien Adrion and New York in winter by Johann Bertelsen.
INTERNATIONAL FINE ART AUCTION - 17 November, starting at 15.30 Catalogue PDF
On 17 November Hermitage Fine Art will hold an auction of 19th-20th century international fine art. It takes place at Le Meridien hotel, starting at 15.30.
Among the celebrated names are Camille Pissarro, Eugène Boudin, Claude Venard, Frederik Marinus Kruseman, Erté, Élie Anatole Pavil and Félix Varla.
The top lots of the sale will be: Camille Pissarro's «Woman Hanging Out the Washing», a study for his celebrated painting in the Musée d'Orsay in Paris, and Eugène Boudin's Normandy landscape with the white cliff of La Falaise d'Amont, well known among the Impressionists. Besides these famous works, note also Frederik Marinus Kruseman's Dutch winter landscape with skaters on the ice, the airy figures of Erté's designs, Arnaldo Ferraguti's young ballerinas, Lucien Adrion's Paris streets and Johann Berthelsen's wintry New York.
OBJECTS OF VERTU AUCTION - November 17, beginning at 17.30 Catalogue PDF
On November 17 Hermitage Fine Art will auction luxury goods by famous brands. An original Louis Vuitton Trunk from 1910, a Cartier table clock from the late 1930s, as well as vases made of Venetian Murano glass are among the top lots of the upcoming auction.
ROSSICA AUCTION - November 17, beginning at 18.30 Catalogue PDF
Big collection of the rare books and manuscripts will be auction on November 17th. The exhibition of the lots will be open for the collectors on November 17th in Paris, at Le Salle, 20 rue Drouot, 75009 Paris.
RUSSIAN ART AUCTION - November 21, beginning at 11.00 Catalogue PDF
Russian Fine Art The auction catalogue of Russian art contains more than 500 art items and includes paintings and graphic works, engravings and placards, ancient books, items of decorative and craft art, silver and porcelain. The auction will take place on November 21, beginning at 11.00 in the Meridian hotel, Monte Carlo.
Sea moonscape by Ivan Aivazovsky, a portrait of an elegant lady by Konstantin Makovsky, 'Gardens of Beijing' by Camille Benoit (making its first appearance at auction), 'Firebird' by Nikolas Kalmakoff, and 'Sisters of mercy' by Mikhail Klodt are the main lots of the opening section of the Russian art auction, painting.
Paintings by Nikolai Bogdanov-Belsky, Konstantin Gorbatov, Andrei Egorov, David Burliuk, Juliy Clever, Grigory Kapustin, Ivan Schultze, Dmitry Stelletsky, and ballet sketches by Lev Bakst and Mstislav Dobuzhinsky are also worthy of note, between the presented lots.
Decorative art The most important auction lot will be a large presentation silver kovsh (Moscow, circa 1696) (Peter the Great) with the gift inscription in Russian Church Slavonic language : 'By God's mercy, the Great Sovereign, Tsar, Grand Duke Peter Alekseevich, Autocrat of All Russia, granted this ladle to the sotnik Kozma Kamenev while being in the customs in 1695, who took 104 rubles, 3 altyns, 2 dengas.'
A rich collection of silver will also be exhibited at the auction. This collection contains such significant lots as a samovar from 1827 (lot 813), wedding silver glasses from the 19th century (lot 814), a Faberge blotter 1908-1917 with a silver plate (lot 816), a silver mug with the image of the Emperor of the Russian Empire Nicholas II (lot 817), and 4 silver plates by Faberge from the private collection of Elizabeth Obolenskaya Demidova of the famous Ural Industrialists Demidov dynasty (lot 824).
Rare books Amongst the top lots of the rare books collection are:
- Pallas P. S. edition, 'Flora of Russia' from the heritage of S. M. Lifar, which describes in detail the plants of the Russian state with their images. - 'History of the reign of Louis XIII, king of France and Navarre' by Michel Levasseur (1648?-1718) in 18-volume edition from the library of the Pavlovsk Palace. - Rare early edition of the 'CHAMBERS OF THE ST. PETERSBURG IMPERIAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES LIBRARY AND KUNSTKAMERA'. - Notes on the reign of Peter the Great, Emperor of Russia, Father of the Fatherland, author JEAN EN ROUSSET DE MISSY (1686-1762). From the LIBRARY of the privy councillor, senator, director of the Hermitage COUNT BUTURLIN (1763-1829). - Colorful edition of Benois 'Tsarskoye Selo in the reign of Empress Elizabeth' with heliogravures by Dobuzhinsky, Lanceret, Mitrokhin, Somov. The eight-year work of Alexander Benoit, timed to the bicentennial of Tsarskoye Selo, a bibliographic rarity once being published.
Autographs
Amongst the highlights:
- D. I. Mendeleev handwritten letter addressed to the Director of the Public library Afanasii Fedorovich Bychkov (1818-1899) with a request to hire a son of his familiar person. - Autographs and handwritten letters of General Wrangel, Valery Bryusov, Anna Akhmatova, Maxim Gorky, Konstantin Balmont, Alexander Kuprin, Felix Yusupov.
Photographs
The works of the 'Kremlin photographer', the most important photographer of the first half of the twentieth century, Moses Nappelbaum, will certainly be in the spotlight for true collectors of photography.
To honour the 150th anniversary of the birth of the 'Master of the photo portrait' Hermitage Fine Art will present for auction photos of the composer Sergei Prokofiev, Dmitry Shostakovich and the most famous photo of Vladimir Ilyich Lenin. It was Nappelbaum who in 1918 created the very first portrait of Lenin in history. It became the favorite photograph of the leader. The portrait was printed in millions of copies and distributed throughout the Soviet Union. Moses Nappelbaum invented his own creative manner of making a studio portrait, creating light spots on the film negatives to add a special effect to his composition.
ROSSICA AUCTION - 17 November, starting at 18.30 Catalogue PDF A rich collection of rare books and manuscripts will be offered at the auction on 17 November. The lots from this collection will be on view in Paris on 17 November at Le Salle, 20 rue Drouot, 75009 Paris. The live broadcast from Monte-Carlo will begin in the Paris saleroom at 18.30 Paris time.
RUSSIAN ART AUCTION - 21 November, starting at 11.00 Catalogue PDF
The Russian Art catalogue comprises more than 500 works of art and includes paintings and drawings, prints and posters, antiquarian books, decorative arts, silver and porcelain. The sale takes place on 21 November at 11.00 at Le Meridien hotel, Monte-Carlo.
Paintings
Ivan Aivazovsky's moonlit seascape, Konstantin Makovsky's portrait of an elegant lady, Camille Benoist's «Gardens of Peking» appearing at auction for the first time, Nikolai Kalmakov's «Firebird» and Mikhail Klodt's «Sisters of Mercy» are the principal lots of the opening painting section of the Russian Art sale.
Also worth noting among the lots offered are paintings by Nikolai Bogdanov-Belsky, Konstantin Gorbatov, Andrei Egorov, David Burliuk, Julius Klever, Grigory Kapustin, Ivan Choultsé and Dmitry Stelletsky, and ballet designs by Léon Bakst and Mstislav Dobuzhinsky.
Decorative Arts
In the section of Russian decorative arts the most important lot of the sale is a presentation kovsh of the Petrine era (circa 1696) with a dedicatory inscription in Church Slavonic: "By the grace of God the Great Sovereign, Tsar and Grand Prince Peter Alexeevich, Autocrat of All Russia, granted this kovsh to Kuzma Kamenev of the Merchants' Hundred, who while serving at the customs house in 1695 collected 104 roubles, 3 altyns and 2 dengas".
Researching the history of the piece, the experts of Hermitage Fine Art found a mention of the burmistr Kuzma Kamenev, who served at the customs house in Simbirsk (now Ulyanovsk) in 1701 (Tales of the Merchants of the Muscovite State, 1704 // Istoricheskie Zapiski. Vol. 17. 1945). The kovsh was granted to Kozma Kamenev for the collection of duties in state service in the Merchants' Hundred.
A rich collection of silver will also be offered; among the significant lots are a samovar of 1827 (lot 813), 19th-century silver wedding goblets (lot 814), a Fabergé writing folder of 1908-1917 with a silver plaque (lot 816), a silver mug bearing the image of Nicholas II, Emperor of Russia (lot 817), four Fabergé silver plates from the private collection of Elizaveta Obolenskaya-Demidova of the famous Demidov dynasty of Urals industrialists (lot 824).
Rare Books
In the book section, of particular note: - P. S. Pallas, «Flora Rossica», from the estate of S. M. Lifar, describing in detail the plants of the Russian state together with their illustrations.
- «The History of the Reign of Louis XIII, King of France and Navarre» by Michel Levassor (1648?-1718), an 18-volume edition from the library of Pavlovsk Palace.
- A rare early edition of the «CHAMBERS OF THE ST PETERSBURG IMPERIAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES LIBRARY AND KUNSTKAMERA».
- Memoirs of the Reign of Peter the Great, Emperor of Russia, Father of the Fatherland, by JEAN ROUSSET DE MISSY (1686-1762), FROM THE LIBRARY of the privy councillor, senator and director of the Hermitage COUNT BUTURLIN (1763-1829).
- Benois's richly illustrated «Tsarskoye Selo in the Reign of Empress Elizabeth Petrovna», with heliogravures by Dobuzhinsky, Lanceray, Mitrokhin and Somov. Alexandre Benois's eight years of work, published for the bicentenary of Tsarskoye Selo, was already a bibliographic rarity when it came off the press.
Autographs
An autograph letter by D. I. Mendeleev addressed to Afanasy Fedorovich Bychkov (1818-1899), director of the Public Library, asking him to employ the son of an acquaintance.
Autographs and autograph letters of General Wrangel, Valery Bryusov, Anna Akhmatova, Maxim Gorky (1868-1936), Konstantin Balmont, Alexander Kuprin and Felix Yusupov.
Photographs
The works of Moisei Nappelbaum, the «Kremlin photographer» and the most significant photographer of the first half of the 20th century, will undoubtedly be at the centre of attention for true collectors of photography. Marking the 150th anniversary of the birth of this «master of the photographic portrait», Hermitage Fine Art will offer at auction photographs of the composers Sergei Prokofiev and Dmitri Shostakovich and, the most famous of all, of Vladimir Ilyich Lenin. It was Nappelbaum who in 1918 created the very first portrait of Lenin in history, which became the leader's favourite photograph. The portrait was reproduced in millions of copies throughout the Soviet Union. Moisei Nappelbaum developed his own distinctive manner of studio portraiture. On the negatives he created patches of light to give his composition a special effect.
ANTIQUARIUM ROADSHOW - November 21, beginning at 17.30 Catalogue PDF
Hermitage Fine Art presents its first special edition sale "Antiquarium Roadshow" featuring both international paintings, and Russian Art and historical lots from private connections.
Among the top-lots of artworks here are paintings by Bogdanov-Belsky, René SAUTIN, Konstantin Gorbatov, decorative art fromtheGardner factory, and autographed letters of Price Yusupov.