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 [Flying in dreams and in reality]
Lotto 8
3 510 €
ANATOLY SLEPYSHEV (1932—2016)
City park
Lotto 10
2 990 €
NIKOLAI BENOIS (1901-1988)
Summertime forest
Lotto 13
7 980 €
ANDY WARHOL (1928–1987)
Flowers (hand coloured), 1974
Lotto 24
10 010 €
GEORGES LAPCHINE (1885-1950)
Flower market
Lotto 64
4 290 €
LALIQUE THREE-LEAF WOODEN FOLDING SCREEN WITH COLOURLESS CRYSTAL PANELS
Lotto 133
9 750 €
CARLO BUGATTI (1856-1940)
Black tinted wood Sellette decorated with Bedouins and oriental scenes, flowers, and plants
Lotto 142
3 510 €
KONSTANTIN KOROVIN (1861-1939)
Russian winter festivities
Lotto 191
35 328 €
Alexey Bogolyubov (1824 - 1896)
Sunset over the sea
Lotto 207
15 816 €
ELENA ALEXANDROVNA JANSON-MANIZER (1890-1971)
Natalia Dudinskaya as ‘Princess Aurora’ in the ballet ‘Sleeping Beauty’ by Tchaikovsky, circa 1938
Lotto 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 DUKE OF BRONTE (1758-1805)
Signed autograph letter «Nelson & Bronte» to Alleyne Fitzherbert
St. George off Bornholm, May 22, 1801.
Lotto 521
4 725 €
WINSTON SPENCER CHURCHILL (1874-1965)
Autographed photograph signed ‘Winston S. Churchill’ and photographer ‘Vivienne. London’
Lotto 574
3 375 €
BREZHNEV L.I. (1906-1982), PONOMAREV B.N. (1905-1995): PHOTOARCHIVE
1) The archive with photographs of Leonid Brezhnev: comprising 47 photographs. 1964-1971.
2) The archive of B.N. Ponomarev comprises 284 photographs and 153 negative. 1965-1986.
Lotto 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
Lotto 718
1 707 €
PROGRAMME OF THE 8TH GALA OF THE UNION OF ARTISTS - 1930 KEES VAN DONGEN
(L’ECUYERE ROSA - STENCIL AND COLOUR LITHOGRAPH)
CIRQUE D’HIVER - 8TH GALA OF THE UNION DES ARTISTES FIRST MARCH 1930
Lotto 745
3 295 €
In view of the upcoming auctions, Hermitage Fine Art is happy to accept consignments for luxury bags, watches, fine art, design objects, jewellery and more.