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Lot 19
YAKOVLEV, ALEXANDER (1887-1938) Palmyra, signed and dated 1933. Oil on canvas, 101 by 251.5 cm. Provenance: The Russian Sale, Sotheby’s London, 19 May 2005, lot 119. Acquired at the above sale by the present owner. Private collection, UK. Authenticity of the work has been confirmed by the expert Yu. Rybakova. Exhibited: Alexandre Iacovleff. Peintre attaché à l’Expédition Citroёn Centre-Asie, Galerie J. Charpentier, Paris, 16 May–4 June 1933. Literature: Exhibition catalogue, Alexandre Iacovleff. Peintre attaché à l’Expédition Citroёn Centre-Asie, Paris, 1933, p. 5, Nos. 4, 8 or 9, listed. The solo exhibition of the celebrated Russian artist and traveller Alexander Yakovlev, which opened on 16 May 1933 at the prestigious Jean Charpentier gallery, was one of the outstanding events of artistic life in Paris. The exhibition represented the artistic output of the Trans-Asian expedition (1931–1932) organised by the French automobile company Citroёn. Alexander Yakovlev brought back hundreds of drawings, sketches and studies which, once back in Paris, he used for a whole series of paintings. According to the exhibition catalogue, the artist presented 377 paintings and drawings. Amazed by their “abundance” and “high quality”, Alexander Benois wrote that “It is difficult to believe that every exhibit was the work of a single hand and executed in a very short space of time, a great many of them on the spot, in the most uncomfortable conditions, requiring a rude health and an utterly exceptional adaptability.” Adaptability was indeed crucially important in Asia, for the local populations were by no means always hospitable towards Europeans. The issue of posing for pictures was also difficult, since the Koran forbids portraiture. The travellers’ lives were further complicated by natural climatic disasters: dust storms, for example, impeded the view of Syria’s most important site, the celebrated Palmyra. It is no coincidence that three of the six pictures painted from the studies done in situ were entitled Palmyra in a SandStorm, The Necropolis of Palmyra after a Sand-Storm and Caravan Caught in a Sand-Storm. The other three canvasses had a shorter title – Palmyra. The present lot is one of these works. In this horizontally elongated picture the artist depicts a panoramic view of the ruins of ancient Palmyra, once the most beautiful town in the Roman provinces, which astonished people of the time with its magnificent temples, tombs and colonnades. Yakovlev had heard about the historical monuments of classical Palmyra while still a student at the Imperial Academy of Arts. When he saw it with his own eyes, he immediately recorded his impression of “unending rows of columns punctuated in places by arches or ruined temples” Yakovlev chose this particular composition to encompass the greatest possible expanse, to show the massive scale of the ruined stone-built town, its major ancient structures and the way they related to each other. Along the line of the horizon on the left, he depicts the famous Temple of Baal, its colonnade and the remains of other buildings; and on the right, in the distance, a barely-visible yet easily recognisable Great Colonnade of Palmyra. The artist filled the centre of the composition with the endless ruins covered in sand, the remains of shattered columns and decorated capitals; and in the bottom right-hand corner of the picture, in the foreground, he even placed the head of the statue of a god, pictured lying among the detritus. Yet, in this seemingly desolate world, there are signs of life. If you look closely, you can see an entrance to either an underground dwelling or a well. Right of centre, in the distance, sheep are moving along and, on the left, a man hearding a donkey. In the foreground, to the left, the painting is animated by the figures of two women in long, dark garments with enormous pitchers on their heads. The introduction of Arab women into the composition of this romantic antique landscape leads us to reflect on the juxtaposition of cultures within the confines of a single space. Alongside its value as a documentary record, the picture undoubtedly also has a philosophical aspect, evoking ideas about the fragility of existence, the shifts and downfalls of civilisations, the destruction of harmony and life, persevering in all these trials and tribulations. Dr Elena Yakovleva, Art Historian
Lot 570
Royal Marine and other Models mostly 54mm scale, thirty painted (G, a few damaged), forty unpainted and thirty New Toy Soldiers unpainted (G), Britains set 17151 Dunker Church in original box (E, box G) and a large plastic crate of finished and unfinished scenery, buildings and modelling materials (G) and modelling tools, most in new boxed condition (116 approx. excluding tools and materials)
Lot 497
Britains Matte Series First World War 54mm and 1/30 scale Models 51014 and 51015 Trench Sections No.1 and 2 51007 Shell holes, 23031 British Regimental Aid Post, and sets 23012, 23017, 23023, 23026, 23027, 23029, 23030, 23032, 23034, 23036, 23045, 23052, 23061, 23065, 23071, 23072, 23073, 23075 and 23084 (E, boxes and clamshells VG) (50)
Lot 521
Plastic and Wooden Kits and Models a professionally made wooden sailing dinghy approx. 1/12 scale and a nicely made wooden LCA (Landing Craft Assault) approx. 1/60 scale, with various plastic kits, some assembled or opened, possibly parts missing, including Airfix Sovereign of the Seas (25 approx.)
Lot 484
20-28mm scale Wargaming Figures, mostly Napoleonic Infantry, Cavalry and Artillery with wagons and caissons, most painted some unpainted, by Minifigs, Hinchcliffe, Airfix etc. with Lord of the Rings figures, Dr Who Companions, thirty-five diecast and plastic vehicles including a Britains Lilliput Bedford 3 ton army truck and twenty-seven plastic Disney figures, mostly from Hercules (1400 approx)
Lot 477
Buckingham Pewter Royal Marines series designed by Charles Stadden in 80mm scale, eighteen diferent models depicting the 300 year history of the Royal Marines, with five duplicates and a similar Light Infantry bugler, with five original boxes (VG, two extremities bent, one sword damaged, boxes G) (24)
Lot 545
Britains Museum series U.S.Marine Corps 54mm scale sets 10017 (two), 10018, 10024 (two), 10025 (two), 10026, 10035, 10036, 10037 and 10038 (two), and 1/30 scale sets 10040, 10041, 10043, 13001 (two), 13003 and 13015, with King and Country USMC 1 and 8 all in original individual boxes (E, boxes VG) (22)
Lot 506
1/32 scale Napoleonic nine unpainted Airfix cavalry kits, three Toyway and Timpo Action packs, two packs of Elite metal figures and various recast Dulcop loose figures including sixty-three horses, most with riders, and Britains 17152 Ruined European Farmhouse, suitable for Waterloo in original box and outer (150 approx.)
Lot 1161
A near complete set of WW2 Luftwaffe 1:100,000 Invasion maps of Great Britain, (lacks no. 20 - Pembrokeshire - and 34 - London), each map with the text 'Sonderausgabe! Nur fur den Diensigebrauch!' (Special Edition For Official Use Only!), all folded, contained in a period crocodile effect carrying case., * These maps were produced just before the outbreak of war and were based on the Ordnance Survey ½in scale maps, enlarged to a scale of 1:100,000
Lot 329
A Chinese export famille rose decorated cup, late 18th/early 19th century, fish scale border above a floral bouquet, 2½in. (6.4cm.) high; together with two others, a tea bowl with floral famille rose decoration, 1¾in. (4.5cm.) high, and a cup with gilt and iron red decoration, 2¼in. (5.7cm.) high. (3) * Condition: Tiny glaze chip to rim of iron red decorated cup. Others good with some gilt wear.
Lot 394
A Japanese porcelain tea caddy, early 20th century, rectangular box form body decorated with panels of avian subjects amongst branches front and verso, side panels with floral design, short circular collar with stopper of waisted form surmounted with rectangular concave edged lifter decorated with gilt fern, demi-lune scale reserves and a central panel with character marks, 4½in. (11.5cm.) high. * Condition: Although original the stopper is loose fitting, minor rubbing to gilt. Tiny chip to top edge of body. Inside of neck has a rough edge at bottom - flaw in the making.
Lot 486
A pair of Oriental betel nut cutters, probably 18th century, Tibetan, in white metal and iron, one arm of equine design, the bladed arm modelled as the horse's mane, on tapering fish scale handles bearing knopped terminal with attached bells, 11in. (28cm.) long, * Provenance: 'The Beasley Collection' (Henry Geoffrey Beasley, 1882-1939). By family descent to the grand daughters. Hand written label attached which reads 'Ex. Capt. K. Jenesen Coll.'. ** Condition: Rust to blade and some flaking to cutting edge. Some small creases to mane, lacks two sets of bells from horse's mouth and below mane.
Lot 727
Philip Dumaresq and Thomas Lempriere, 'A New and Accurate Map of their Majesties Island of Jersey....', hand coloured engraved map with decorative title cartouche, scale with dividers, compass rose and Jersey Arms, c.1694, taken from the volume 'Caesarea - Or an Account of the Island of Jersey' by the Rev. Philip Falle, 11½ x 15in. (29.25 x 38cm.). * Condition: Some foxing, mainly to the right side. Lower right corner and text below lower margin poorly printed (offset type). 3in. repaired tear to right hand edge just below Castle Bank. Some ghost printing across surface of paper due to being folded for many years. Modern gilt frame with pale apricot mount.
Lot 741
Gerard Mercator (1512-1594), Islandia, (Iceland), 1595 or later, hand coloured engraved map, title cartouche, scale surmounted by dividers, sea monster upper left, 11 x 17in. (28 x 43.5cm.), Latin text verso. * Condition: Repaired tear to centre bottom in margin of map, approx. 2in visible to text verso. Slight browning to edges at joint with mount of map. Small patch of restoration with retouch to corner of map to lower right corner - verso this is visible as a white patch on the paper. Three other smaller similar white patches visible verso but they are beneath the mount on map side of frame. Map has a few minor fox marks but clean overall. Text verso has some time stain marks throughout.
Lot 1042
Tri-ang TT scale; a good quantity of model railway, many boxed models, including T.90 0-6-0 Tank Loco, two T.91 4-6-0 "Castle" Class Locos, T.96 AIA-AIA Diesel Electric Loco, twelve various coaches, twelve wagons, Kitmaster TT scale coaches, GEM TT gauge "King" Class 4-6-0 GWR locomotive, accessories and track, hobby equipment, etc, all contained in a tin trunk, together with a quantity of TTR model railway (a lot)
Lot 269
An Edwardian silver cased pocket barometer, having silvered dial signed J C Vickery of London, case by John Collard Vickery, London 1910, with all-over engine turned decoration Condition Report / Extra Information Large chip to glass at 12 o'clock. Glass scale broken and loose beneath glass.
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