Book of the Russian Futurists

Yesterday in Central House of Artists held large paintings and antiquarian auction house "Kabinet". The total amount of lots sold exceeded 50 million rubles. There has been a world record auction price for Russian avant-garde illustrated book Alexei twisted and Velimir Khlebnikov 'Game in Hell. " At the start of 670 thousand rubles. Lot went for 3.3 million rubles. The most expensive lot of the auction was the picture session, Nikolai Krymov's "Landscape with Cows" in 1909 (reproduction under the cut) prices reached 6.38 million rubles. This work - a classic example of the best "blue-Rozovsky" 1900-1910 period of the artist's. Krymov's works of this period did not appear at auction for more than 10 years.

Another top lot of the collection - "Still Life on the piano, with a portrait of E.M.Bebutovoy" was executed by the artist Pavel Kuznetsov in the late period of creativity in the 1950s. Bidding for this lot started with 2 million. 200 thousand. Rubles and as a result reached the level of 3 million. 700 thousand. Rub. With no less success it was adopted landscape Konstantin Gorbatov "on Petrovsky Island" (1918.), Who went under the hammer for 3 million. 850 thousand .; picture of Igor Grabar "the pond. Olgovo "(August 1921) - 3 million. 80 thousand .; courtly figure Karl Briullov "explanation" - 880 thousand .; "Sailor and sweet," Boris Kustodiev (1925) was sold at the lower estimate, over 690 thousand. Rubles. Three times the preliminary assessment of the two works Jury Kugacha - a classic Russian lyrical landscape, one of the few living artists-centenarians (b. 1917.). "Moonlight. Boat "was sold for 370,000, and" Flood in the village of "twice the estimate, sold for 320 thousand. Rubles. At the auction, "Old and rare books, maps, engravings" absolute topom was a unique first fully lithographed colored books Alexei twisted and Velimir Khlebnikov 'Game in Hell "(lithography Natalia Goncharova, Moscow, 1912). Such a rare copy of colored futuristic literature exhibited at a public auction for the first time. Rarity was acquired by collector representative right in the auction for 3 million. 300 thousand. Rub. The result exceeded the estimate starting almost five times. Buyers are actively traded and for another edition lithographs by Natalia Goncharova - Alexander Rubakin book "City. Poems "(Paris, 1920) - at the start of 150 thousand. Rub. lot was sold for 660,000 rubles.

It meets the expectations of the organizers of the second-hand auction and the first edition of the album "The First Horse" (Moscow, 1937) classic constructivist Alexander Rodchenko and Varvara Stepanova. The book, published in 1937, a year later became a rarity, because it includes portraits of "enemies of the people" (in the second edition of their already retouched or removed). With a starting price of 520 thousand. Rub. "First Cavalry" was sold for 737,000.

Almanac "Athenaeum" in 1830 with the first printed poem by Mikhail Lermontov's "Spring" was sold at a starting price of 638 thousand. Rub. Of particular interest were the lots with old photographs. For a copy of the album in the old tselnokozhannom-bound with gold lettering with photos of representatives of the peoples of the Caucasus (151 photos), made imperial photographer Vladimir Barkanovym (Russian Empire, Tbilisi, 1870-1880-ies., Leather, brass, gilt) was sold for 770 thous. rubles (below).

Officers auction house Xenia Tsann-kai BBC and Konstantin Zhuromsky noted serious interest in the works of the leading photographers of the Russian Empire, the XIX-XX centuries. and plan to make old photos with one of the regular strings of their future trades.