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Lot 140
*§ TSERETELI, ZURAB (B. 1934) Still Life with Flowers, signed on the stretcher. Oil on canvas, 90 by 40 cm. Provenance: A gift from the artist to a previous owner, Tbilisi, c. early 1960s. Acquired from the above by Samvel Oganesyan, a historian and art collector.Acquired from the above by the present owner. Private collection, Europe. Authenticity certificate from the experts N. Aleksandrova and T. Zelyukina. Exhibited: Art Canton. International Art and Collection Fair, Guangzhou, 1−4 October 2013.Shanghai Art Fair, Shanghai, 14−17 November 2013. International Art Fair, Shenzhen, 2014. Literature: Exhibition catalogue, Shanghai Art Fair, Shanghai, 2013, listed. The work is accompanied by the photograph of Elena Tsereteli, the artist’s daughter, standing by the painting.
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 182
* GERASIMOV, SERGEI (1885-1964) Still Life with a Bottle, signed with initials, inscribed in Cyrillic "Satorii Senezh" and dated 1956 on the reverse. Oil on canvas, laid on cardboard, 34.5 by 42.5 cm. Provenance: Acquired directly from the painter by the artist Yulia Razumovskaya, in Moscow.Acquired from the above by Gennady Mishin, a historian and art collector, Saratov. Acquired from the above by the present owner. Private collection, Europe.Authenticity of the work has been confirmed by the expert V. Petrov. Authenticity certificate from the expert T. Zelyukina.
Lot 11
LEBEDEV, VLADIMIR (1891-1967) Still Life with Flowers in Two Vases, signed. Oil on canvas, 79 by 57.5 cm. Provenance: Collection of the ballet dancer and choreographer Nadezhda Nadezhdina, the artist’s wife. The present lot is accompanied by a photograph of Nadezhda Nadezhdina, in which the work on offer can be seen on the wall next to her.
Lot 142
* GERASIMOV, SERGEI (1885-1964) Still Life with a Vase, signed with initials, also further indistinctly signed and titled in Cyrillic on the reverse. Oil on cardboard, 70 by 53 cm. Provenance: With the Moscow Union of Artists (partly preserved label on the reverse).Private collection, Europe. Authenticity of the work has been confirmed by the expert V. Petrov. Authenticity certificate from the expert T. Zelyukina.
Lot 382
A part set of 19th century Staffordshire pottery dessert ware, with moulded berry and leaf knops and handles, and decorated to the reserve with Chinese transitional style still life renderings of vases, flowers and fruit (11) Comprising seven plates, two dishes, a comport, and a sauce tureen
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