La vendita ha totalizzato 14,095,400 GBP (23,170,019 USD) con 36 lotti venduti su 55 offerti (Sold by Lot: 65.4%). 5 nuovi record d’asta per artista sono stati stabiliti da: Vasily Vereschagin (lotto 6), Paolo Sala (lotto 48), Valerian Kamenev (lotto 44) Konstantin Bogaevsky (lotto 22) e Alexander Laktionov (lotto 153).Jo Vickery, Senior Director and Head of the Russian Art department in London, ha commentato: “Overall, we are delighted with the results of this week’s sales which realised the within estimate total of £21.4/35.2 million, bringing the total for Russian Art sold at Sotheby’s this year to $51 million. We established a new auction benchmark for Vasily Vereschagin and set a further three artist records. Rare works of quality by blue-chip artists with good provenance continue be highly sought-after – collectors in this field remain extremely selective.”

 

Top Ten

Lotto 6

aggiudicato a: £2,281,250 ($3,749,919)

stima: £250,000 – 450,000

Vasily Vasilievich Vereschagin, The Taj Mahal, Evening, oil on canvas
***RECORD FOR THE ARTIST AT AUCTION*** 

Lotto 11

aggiudicato a: £1,161,250 ($1,908,863)

stima: £1,000,000 – 1,500,000
Ilya Efimovich Repin, Portrait of the Artist’s Wife, Vera Repin, oil on canvas, 1878

Lotto 24

aggiudicato a: £825,250 ($1,356,546)

stima: £800,000 – 1,200,000

Alexander Evgenievich Yakovlev, Opera in Peking, oil on canvas, 1918

Lotto 26

aggiudicato a: £825,250 ($1,356,546)

stima: £600,000 – 800,000
Zinaida Evgenievna Serebriakova, Reclining Nude, oil on canvas

Lotto 20

aggiudicato a: £735,650 ($1,209,261)

stima: £300,000 – 500,000

Petr Petrovich Konchalovsky, Still Life with Hollyhocks, oil on canvas, 1923

Lotto 13

aggiudicato a: 623,650 ($1,025,156)

stima: £ 500,000 – 700,000

Ivan Konstantinovich Aivazovsky, Sunset over Ischia, oil on canvas, 1857

Lotto 36

aggiudicato a: £517,250 ($850,256)

stima: £350,000 – 500,000
Konstantin Aleexevich Korovin, The Guitar Player, oil on canvas, 1915

Lotto 22

aggiudicato a: £505,250 ($830,530)

stima: £200,000 – 300,000

Konstantin Fedorovich Bogaevsky, Fantasy Landscape, oil on canvas, 1913
***RECORD FOR THE ARTIST AT AUCTION***

Lotto 21

aggiudicato a: £481,250 ($791,079)

stima: £220,000 – 280,000
Petr Petrovich Konchalovsky, Lilac Bush, oil on canvas, 1941

Lotto 5

aggiudicato a: £481,250 ($791,079)

stima: £400,000 – 600,000

Vasily Vasilievich Vereschagin, On Campaign, oil on canvas, 1904

Lotto 47

aggiudicato a: £481,250 ($791,079)

stima: £120,000 – 180,000
Filipp Andreevich Maliavin, Russian Beauty, oil on canvas
***RECORD FOR THE ARTIST AT AUCTION*** 

Lotto 28

aggiudicato a: £481,250 ($791,079)

stima: £400,000 – 600,000
Vladimir Davidovich Baranov-Rossiné, Nude Dancers, oil on canvas