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ILYA GLAZUNOV (RUSSIAN B. 1930)Old Mother Russia, 1968oil, gold and silver paper and collage on board74.5 x 116 cm (29 3/8 x 45 5/8 in.)signed and dated upper rightPROVENANCEBonham's, London, June 7, 2010, Lot 117Private Collection, New York (acquired by the present owner at the above sale)
VLADIMIR YAKOVLEV (RUSSIAN 1934-1998)Portrait of a Medical Worker with a Hat, gouache and silver paint on paper43.3 x 31 cm (17 x 12 1/4 in.)signed lower left and right, inscribed in silver along upper edgePROVENANCESloane Gallery of Art, ColoradoPrivate Collection, Midwest (acquired from the above)
VLADIMIR YAKOVLEV (RUSSIAN 1934-1998)Portrait of a Medical Worker, gouache and silver paint on paper43.3 x 31 cm (17 x 12 1/4 in.)signed lower right, inscribed in silver upper-center; another sketch with inscription on versoPROVENANCESloane Gallery of Art, ColoradoPrivate Collection, Midwest (acquired from the above)
the so-called Agitkost' album is covered with two black papier-mache lacquered plaques on the front and on the back; the front cover is intricately decorated with carved walrus bone, the back cover is raised on four round feet. The bone carvings feature: the title on the top reading Belomoro-Baltiyskiy vodnyi put' [White Sea Baltic Waterway]; a rectangular plaque with a portrait of Joseph Stalin in an oval frame on the upper left; a plaque depicting a worker erecting grand flags and holding a pick, with water running through a floodgate behind him on the lower left; two plaques seamed in the center featuring a map of the waterway painted in blue and red; a plaque depicting a standard with Stalin's quote: [White Sea Baltic Waterway is the crucial stage in building the new Soviet Person - a powerful creator of his New life, of a new Socialist face of the Earth!] on the upper right; elaborately carved plaque depicting construction in progress, two seagulls soaring in the sky, and a frontier guard with his hound on the lower right. The album includes 158 vintage gelatin silver prints. The photographs illustrate the construction of the waterway, as well as the scenes from the life of the participating people. Some of the individuals were physically cut out from the photographs due to Stalin's repressive regime. Size: 45 x 33 cm (17 1/2 x 13 in.). This album is accompanied by two books: 1) A. S. Insarov, Baltiysko-Belomorskiy vodnyi put', (Moscow: OGIZ - GOSTRANSIZDAT, 1934) 2) M. Gorkiy, L. Averbakh, S. Firin, Belomorsko-Baltiyskiy kanal imeni Stalina, (Moscow: OGIZ - "ISTORIYA FABRIK I ZAVODOV", 1934) Several images from this album correspond to the ones in the accompanying book, Belomorsko-Baltiyskiy kanal imeni Stalina. Alexander Rodchenko was amongst the photographers who provided materials for this book (his name is listed on the last page). Some of the illustrations featured in the book are well-known photographs by Rodchenko from his 1931 trip to the waterway construction site. He had gone there three times, making thousands of shots during his trips. Significant amount of photo prints included in the present lot corresponds to Rodchenko’s signature style of geometrical photography shot with a diagonal point of view. The White Sea-Baltic Canal opened on 2 August 1933. It connects the White Sea with Lake Onega, which is further connected to the Baltic Sea. Until 1961, its original name was Belomorsko–Baltiyskiy Kanal imeni Stalina [the Stalin White Sea-Baltic Sea Canal]. The canal runs partially along several canalised rivers and Lake Vygozero. The total length of the route is 227 kilometres (141 mi), of which 48 kilometres (30 mi) are man-made. The Soviet Union presented the canal as an example of the success of the First Five-Year Plan. Its construction was completed four months ahead of schedule. The entire canal was constructed in twenty months, between 1931 and 1933, almost entirely by manual labour. The canal was the first major project constructed in the Soviet Union using forced labour. The workforce for the Canal of an estimated 100,000 convicts was supplied by the Belbaltlag camp directorate of the OGPU GULAG. Prison labour camp projects were not usually publicised, but the work on the Belomor canal was an exception, as the convicts were thought to not only construct the canal but reforge themselves in the process (Soviet concept of perekovka. The working conditions were brutal, with the prisoners given only primitive hand tools to carry out the massive construction project. The mortality was about 8.7%. Still more became sick and disabled.
A 60-PIECE RUSSIAN SILVER FLATWARE SET, ST. PETERSBURG, 1899-1908set comprises: 10 soup spoons, 10 dinner forks, 10 dinner knives, 10 dessert spoons, 10 dessert forks, 10 butter knives; each handle with a ribboned band design, each utensil with a chased bow at the base; length of dinner knife: 26 cm (10 1/4 in.), length of dessert spoon: 18.4 cm (7 1/4 in.), assayer’s mark of Alexander Romanov, 4600 g.
AN IMPERIAL RUSSIAN CAUCASIAN SHASHKA, GUZUNOVthe blade with maker's mark of Guzunov and symbol on the base of one side, and Russian Imperial double-headed eagle cypher on the other, the full silver-gilt and niello scabbard and hilt finely chased with floral and vegetative decorations. Length of blade: 75.5 cm (29 3/4 in.), length including hilt: 91.5 cm (36 in.)
A GILT SILVER AND NIELLO MOUNTED CAUCASIAN SHASHKA WITH GOLD INLAYS AND SERPENT DECORATIONthe curved blade inlaid on one side with a gold serpent and a similar but small symbol beneath it, with Arabic writing or maker's mark at the top of the niello silver hilt on both sides, the scabbard covered in black leather and mounted with silver and niello. Length of blade: 75.5 cm (29 3/4 in.), length including hilt: 91 cm (35 3/4 in.).
A CAUCASIAN KINDJAL WITH FULL GILT SILVER AND CLOISONNE ENAMEL SCABBARD AND HILT, 1891the double-edged steel blade incised with a deep central fuller, the full gilt silver scabbard and hilt decorated with floral patterns in cloisonne enamel, marked with assayer's mark of "P.B" and date, 84 standard. Length of blade: 18.5 cm (7 1/4 in.), length including hilt: 28.5 cm (11 1/4 in.)
A SILVER AND NIELLO MOUNTED CAUCASIAN KINDJAL WITH HORN HANDLE, 19TH CENTURYthe double-edged steel blade incised with deep and narrow fullers, the horn hilt with silver mounted marked 84 standard for Russian silver, the scabbard covered in black leather and mounted with finely chased and nielloed silver mounts with a ball cap. Length of blade:33 cm (13 in.), length including hilt: 44.5 cm (17 1/2 in.)
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