Alexander Evgenievich Yakovlev’s painting titled “Portrait of Arturo Lopez-Willshaw” was bought for 713,250 GBP ($1,097,049) during the Russian Art Evening auction at Sotheby’s.
More about Yakovlev on Wikipedia
Christie’s had a “Russian Art” auction event today in London, the same week Sotheby’s is running its own between June 9 - 12. Probably not by accident, Christie’s auction covers the same era, paintings and antiquities are mostly from the the early 19th through early 20th century. Below are a few million highlights in the one million dollars range.
“France. Parc Montsouris. Chestnut tree” by Petr Konchalovsky (1876-1956) was sold for £577,250 (~$1,133,143)
Christie’s lot had a distinct set of items listed from fine arts to personal belongings of the Emperor’s family, like the child’s shashka (sword) belonging to the Tsarevich Aleksei pictured below. It was sold for £481,250 (~$944,694)
In the second day of the “Russian Painters” event by Sotheby’s London auction house, the morning auction did not result in any million dollars sales. The highest hammer price was 325,250 GBP (~$630,627) and was paid for Mihaly Zichy’s “Military Group Portrait”. It was sold way above the pre-auction estimate of 20,000-30,000 GBP.
Zichy is actually a Hungarian painter (born in Hungary in 1827 in the city of Zala ) but in 1847, he moved to Saint Petersburg, Russia, where he became the drawing teacher of one of the Russian Czar’s relatives. While he is not a Russian artist by nationality, he was commissioned by the Russian aristocracy on and off during his whole life. I believe his work was included in today’s auction event due to his connection to this region and to the era which is covered by the auction.
6 Russian masterpieces were sold today at Sotheby’s London auction in the million dollar price range:
The “Russian Artists” auction event runs from June 9 through 12 in London. We’ll be covering this event and post more million dollar sales as soon as the information become available.
Vasily Ivanovich Shukhaev’s “Winter Landscape” was sold for 481,250 GBP (~$949,650)
Wassily Kandinsky’s “KALLMÜNZ - VILSGASSE II” went for 481,250 British Pounds as well ($949 650)
![\"KALLMÜNZ - VILSGASSE II\" by Kandinsky](http://www.whatonemillionbuys.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/06/womb-russian-2.jpg "\\"KALLMÜNZ - VILSGASSE II\\" by Kandinsky")
Nikolai Konstantinovich Roerich’s “Birds of the Morning (Messengers of Morn)” was sold for 457,250 GBP (~$902,000)
“Roses” by Leonid Pasternak - hammer price with buyer’s premium 481,250 GBP again ($949 650)
Cupid Gardeners by Konstantin Egorovich Makovsky - 481,250 GBP again ($949 650)
“Winter Landscape” by Ivan Konstantinovich Aivazovsky was sold for 553,250 GBP (~$1,089,293)
The highest price paid at this event was 2,281,250 GBP (about $4.5 million US dollars) and was paid for Natalia Sergeevna Goncharova’s painting, “Nature Morte Aux Fruits”.
This painting was first originally gifted to Guillaume Apollinaire in 1918.
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