March 2023 auction results *
* all prices include buyer’s premium
Two auctions took place on 8 and 9 March 2023 at the hotel La Meridien Beach Plaza in Monaco.
The first day witnessed the sale of the entire collection of paintings by Anatoly Slepyshev, most of which were sold higher than the estimate price. Other outstanding results were given by the collection of flower screenprints by Andy Warhol, lots 24 to 28, which fetched between 9 750 € and 10 000 €. The enchanting oil on board by Konstantin Korovin, lot 191, attracted many bidders and made the final result of 35328 €, almost 4 times its starting price. Among objects, worth mentioning are lot 133, the elegant Lalique folding screen, sold for 9 750 €, or the bronze sculpture of Natalia Dudinskaya as ‘Princess Aurora’ by Elena Janson-Manizer, sold for 6 650 € (lot 235bis).
ANATOLY SLEPYSHEV (1932-2016)
The dream [Voler entre les rêves et la réalité]
Lot 8
3 510 €
ANATOLY SLEPYSHEV (1932-2016)
City park [Parc de la ville]
Lot 10
2 990 €
NIKOLAI BENOIS (1901-1988)
Summertime forest
Lot 13
7 980 €
ANDY WARHOL (1928–1987)
Flowers (coloré à la main), 1974
Lot 24
10 010 €
GEORGES LAPCHINE (1885-1950)
Flower market
Lot 64
4 290 €
LALIQUE
PARAVENT A TROIS FEUILLES EN BOIS A DECOR DES PANNEAUX EN CRISTAL INCOLORE SIGNES LALIQUE FRANCE
Lot 133
9 750 €
CARLO BUGATTI (1856-1940)
Sellette en bois teinté noir décorée de bédouins et de scènes orientales, de fleurs et de plantes
Lot 142
3 510 €
KONSTANTIN KOROVIN (1861-1939)
Festivités d'hiver en Russie
Lot 191
35 328 €
ALEXEY BOGOLYUBOV (1824 - 1896)
Coucher de soleil sur la mer
Lot 207
15 816 €
ELENA ALEXANDROVNA JANSON-MANIZER (1890-1971)
Natalia Dudinskaya as ‘Princess Aurora’ in the ballet ‘Sleeping Beauty’ by Tchaikovsky, circa 1938
Lot 235bis
6 650 €
On the 9th of March, the Manuscripts and Autographs sale fetched 4 725 € for an autograph letter by Horatio Nelson, duke of Bronte (lot 521) and 3 325 € for another autograph letter written by Ekaterina Dolgorukova (lot 541). Among photographs, one depicting Winston Churchill and signed by him was sold for 3 375 €, almost double its estimate (lot 574).
HORATIO NELSON DUC DE BRONTE (1758-1805)
Lettre autographe signée «Nelson & Bronte» à Alleyne Fitzherbert.
St-George au large de Bornholm, 22 mai 1801.
Lot 521
4 725 €
WINSTON SPENCER CHURCHILL (1874-1965)
Portrait photographique en demi-longueur sur support carton, par «Vivienne» (Mme Florence Entwhistle)
Lot 574
3 375 €
BREZHNEV L.I. (1906-1982),
PONOMAREV B.N. (1905-1995) : PHOTOARCHIVE
1) Les archives avec des photographies de Leonid Brejnev : comprenant 47 photographies. 1964-1971. 1965-1986.
2) Les archives de B.N. Ponomarev comprennent 284 photographies et 153 négatifs.
Lot 587bis
1 581 €
GUSTAVE FLAUBERT (1821-1880) (author), EMILE ADAN (1839-1937) (illustrator), PETRUS RUBAN (1851-1929) (binding)
Un coeur simple
Ed. Ferroud, Paris, 1894, n. 173
Lot 718
1 707 €
PROGRAMME DU 8E GALA DE L’UNION DES ARTISTES - 1930 KEES VAN DONGEN
(L’ECUYERE ROSA - POCHOIR ET LITHOGRAPHIE EN COULEURS)
CIRQUE D’HIVER - 8E GALA DE L’UNION DES ARTISTES PREMIER MARS 1930
Lot 745
3 295 €
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