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Shapiro Auctions Shapiro Auctions RUSSIAN ART AUCTION INCLUDING POSTERS & BOOKS Tuesday - June 15, 2010 RUSSIAN ART AUCTION INCLUDING POSTERS & BOOKS 1: GUBAREV ET AL USD 800 - 1,200 GUBAREV, Petr Kirillovich et al. A collection of 66 lithographs of Russian military insignia and arms, from various works, ca. 1840-1860. Of varying sizes, the majority measuring 432 x 317mm (17 x 12 1/2 in.) 2: GUBAREV ET AL USD 1,000 - 1,500 GUBAREV, Petr Kirillovich et al. A collection of 116 lithographs of Russian military standards, banners, and flags from the 18th to the mid-19th centuries, from various works, ca. 1830-1840. Of varying sizes, the majority measuring 434 x 318mm (17 1/8 x 12 1/2 in.) 3: RUSSIAN CHROMOLITHOGRAPHS, C1870 USD 1,500 - 2,000 A collection of 39 color chromolithographs of Russian military uniforms predominantly of Infantry Divisions and related Artillery Brigades, ca. 1870. Of various sizes, the majority measuring 360 x 550mm (14 1/4 x 21 5/8 in.) 4: PIRATSKII, KONSTANTIN USD 3,500 - 4,500 PIRATSKII, Konstantin. A collection of 64 color chromolithographs by Lemercier after Piratskii from Rossiskie Voiska [The Russian Armies], ca. 1870. Overall: 471 x 340mm (18 1/2 x 13 3/8 in.) 5: GUBAREV ET AL USD 1,200 - 1,500 A collection of 30 lithographs of Russian military uniforms [23 in color], including illustrations by Peter Kirillovich Gubarev et al, ca. 1840-1850. Of varying sizes, the majority measuring 400 x 285mm (15 3/4 x 11 1/4 in.), 6: DURAND, ANDRE USD 2,500 - 3,000 DURAND, André. A collection of 27 lithographic views of Russia from "Excursion pittoresque et archéologique en Russie par le Hâvre, Hambourg, Lubeck, Saint-Petersbourg, Moscou, Nijni-Novgorod, Yaroslaw et Kasan, exécutée en 1839, sous la direction de M. Anatole de Démidoff. Dessins faits d'après nature et lithographiés à deux teintes", Paris: Gihaut frères, 1842-1848, each 542 x 355mm (21 3/8 x 14 in.), 7: CRETAN 16TH CENTURY USD 20,000 - 30,000 CRETAN ICON OF THE NATIVITY OF CHRIST, 16TH CENTURY, egg tempera on wood, 43 x 33 cm (17 x 13 in.)PROVENANCE, Acquired by the present owner in Jordan circa 1985 8: RUSSIAN SILVER TRAVEL ICON USD 4,000 - 6,000 RUSSIAN MINIATURE SILVER TRIPTYCH TRAVEL ICON, of arched form, the central panel depicting St. George, width open: 8 cm (3 1/8 in.), width shut: 4cm (1 1/2 in.), height: 5.5 cm (2 1/8 in.), Maker's Mark "J.S., 84 standard" Bid Live Online at LiveAuctioneers.com Page 1 RUSSIAN ART AUCTION INCLUDING POSTERS & BOOKS 9: RUSSIAN SILVER TRAVEL ICON USD 4,000 - 6,000 RUSSIAN MINIATURE SILVER TRIPTYCH TRAVEL ICON, of arched form, the central panel depicting St. Nikolai Chudotvor, width open: 11 cm (4 3/8 in.), width shut: 5.5 cm (2 1/8 in.), height: 7.5 cm (3 in.), Moscow Artel marks and 84 Standard, 10: VASYUTINSKY, A. (SILVER MEDAL) USD 6,000 - 8,000 RUSSIAN SILVER MEDAL, PERIOD OF NICHOLAS II, "In Memory of the Wedding of Nicholas II and Alexandra Feodorovna", 1894. By A. Vasyutinsky. 70 mm. ca.186.1 gm. Sm 1088, Diakov 1164.1 (R3). Conjoined busts l. of Nicholas and Alexandra, wedding date before / Wedding ceremony in church. In original box 11: RUSSIAN SILVER CIGARETTE CASE USD 1,000 - 1,500 RUSSIAN SILVER CIGARETTE CASE, presentation piece, applied with gold Russian initials N.A.A., embedded gemstones, dedicated and dated on the front in Cyrillic "Tovarishi-Sosluzhivtsi" 1913, numerous inscribed signatures on the verso, Maker's Mark W.U. and "84 standard" on the inside, width: 9 cm (3 1/2 in.), height: 10.5 cm (4 1/8 in.) 12: MENAION (BOOK) USD 4,000 - 6,000 [VASILY SITNIKOV COPY]. RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH. "Menaion: July". Printed in Moscow, 1646, in the first year of the reign of Tsar Aleksei Mikhailovich, and the fifth year of Patriarch Joseph. 398 pages, including after-words at the end of the book. Text in Church Slavonic. Original Edition. This book is a fine example of Early Russian printing. Profusely illustrated by woodblock: heading and initials. Printed in two colors: red and black. Measurements including binding: 325 x 210mm (12 3/4 x 8 1/4 in.). Binding: early 18th Century, leather over wooden boards. Ornamental embossing on the front and back covers. Leaves 1 and 385 contain an ex-libris stamp from the 19th Century owner: Andrei Alexeevich Kalashnikov. Clasps missing. Spine neatly and professionally restored. Generally very good condition. This lot is sold with an original signed letter from Vasily Sitnikov dated August 12, 1957, PROVENANCE Collection of Vasily Sitnikov, Gifted by Sitnikov in 1957 to the American Artist Harry Colman in Moscow on the occasion of the Sixth International Festival of Young People and Students, , REFERENCES AND RELATED LITERATURE, I. Karataev, "Opisanie Slaviano-Russkikh Knig napechatannykh Kirillovskimi bukvami". Vol. 1, 1491-1652. Saint Petersburg, 1883. Page 522, entry 607, A. Zagdansky, "Vasya (film)", AZ Films LLC, 2002, K. Kuzminsky, "Vasil Yaklicha Sitnikova", Lordville, 2009, N. Kournikova et al., "Vasily Sitnikov i ego Shkola", May 24-July 31, 2009,Gallery Nashi Khudozhniki, Moscow, Petronius Publishers. It is well known, that Vasily Sitnikov, in addition to being a legendary nonconformist artist, was a scholar of early Russian painting and iconography. His apartment was full of icons and Russian antiques, as well as early Russian books, which he had acquired in the villages of the Russian north (see Andrei Zagdansky's film "Vasya"). In 1957, the Sixth International Festival of Young People and Students took place in Moscow, where Sitnikov was already a famous figure. Diplomats and collectors from abroad would seek him out. Among those foreigners was a young artist from America attending the festival, Harry Colman. Sitnikov gifted this valuable book to Colman along with a written letter. The letter, which is being sold with this book, was written by Sitnikov to Colman to mark the gift, and in Sitnikov's words, "as a mark of friendship, so that Americans form an opinion of the Russian people as a kind and good nation, and so that Americans may not suspect Russians of being hostile." 13: RUSSIAN BRONZE USD 3,500 - 5,500 "Man on a Horse-Drawn Sled", bronze on crystal base, size including base: 9.5 x 21.5 x 8 cm (3 3/4 x 8 1/2 x 3 1/8 in.), 14: LANCERAY, EVGENY USD 3,000 - 4,000 EVGENY ALEXANDROVICH LANCERAY (RUSSIAN 1848-1886), "Crawling Soldier", bronze with brown patina, height: 8 cm (3 1/8 in.), length: 19.5 cm (7 5/8 in.), width: 8 cm (3 1/8 in.), signed in Cyrillic in the base, foundry stamp in the base Bid Live Online at LiveAuctioneers.com Page 2 RUSSIAN ART AUCTION INCLUDING POSTERS & BOOKS 15: RUSSIAN BRONZE PAIR ON ROCK CRYSTAL USD 5,500 - 7,500 RUSSIAN LATE 19TH-EARLY 20TH CENTURIES, A Pair of Russian Bronzes mounted onto rock crystal bases, a) VASILY GRACHEV (RUSSIAN 1831-1905), "Cossack smoking a Pipe", bronze with medium brown patina on a rock crystal base, height: 7 cm (2 3/4 in.), length: 13 cm (5 1/8 in.), width: 8 cm (3 1/8 in.) [excluding the base] b) "Boy Sledding Downhill", size including base: 12 x 12.5 x 9.5 cm (4 3/4 x 4 7/8 x 3 3/4 in.) 16: NAPS, EVGENY USD 11,000 - 13,000 EVGENY NAPS (RUSSIAN 19TH-20TH CENTURY), "A Bronze Group of Peasants with a Captured Elk", bronze with medium brown patina, height: 17 cm (6 5/8 in.), length: 30 cm (11 3/4 in.), width: 14 cm (5 1/2 in.), inscribed with signature and Woerffel St. Petersbourg foundry mark in the base 17: SAMONOV, PYOTR USD 35,000 - 45,000 PYOTR ALEKSANDROVICH SAMONOV (RUSSIAN B1863), "Cossack Officer on Horseback", bronze with medium brown patina, height: 34.5 cm (13 5/8 in.), length: 38 cm (15 in.), width: 13.5 cm (5 3/8 in.), signed in Cyrillic in the base, inscribed in Cyrillic with Woerffel St. Petersburg foundry mark. Pyotr Aleksandrovich Samonov was a highly noted sculptor in bronze whose works were cast by the Woerffel foundry. His most famous work was a large-scale monument to General Mikhail Dmitrievich Skobolev, the hero of the Russo-Turkish War of 1877-78, which was erected on Tverskaya Street in Moscow in 1912 (see figure 1 below). Unfortunately, the monument was short-lived, as it was taken down in 1918 by the Communist government. Today, the monument to Yuriy Dolgorukiy, erected in 1954, stands in its place. Web: This is a very rare bronze by an important sculptor in turn-of-the-century Russia, Pyotr Aleksandrovich Samonov. Samonov's best known-work was a large-scale monument to General Mikhail Dmitrievich Skobolev, which was erected on Tverskaya Street in Moscow in 1912. The monument was one of the most important in Moscow, but unfortunately it was short-lived - it was taken down in 1918 by the Communist government. Today, the monument to Yuriy Dolgorukiy, erected in 1954, stands in its place., , Samonov was born on February 2, 1863 to a Russian Orthodox family from the nobility in the St. Petersburg province. Having received an artistic training, he nevertheless enlisted in the Russian army in 1889. Repeatedly promoted in the army, he eventually reached the rank of Podpolkovnik (Lieutenant-Colonel) before retiring to the Reserves in 1908. After leaving the army, Samonov devoted himself fully to his sculpture. Around 1912, Samonov, beating many contenders, was chosen as the winner of a project for a memorial monument to General Skobolev, hero of the Russian-Turkish war of 1877-78 and conqueror of numerous Russian territories in Central Asia.
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