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MARTIROS SARYAN'S POET. ON THE SLOPES OF ARAGATS SOLD FOR RECORD HIGH 623,700 POUNDS
YEREVAN, November 27. / ARKA /. A painting by prominent Armenian
artist Martiros Saryan "Poet. On the slopes of Aragats" was sold for
a record 623.7 thousand pounds at Sotheby's in London on the first
day of Russian art auction.
Executed circa 1906, The Poet is among the earliest works by Martiros
Saryan ever to come to auction and was published in Apollon magazine in
1913. It was originally in the famous Moscow collection of Nikolai
Ryabushinsky (1877-1951) -son of a millionaire, bon viveur and
passionate collector.
A painting by another Armenian artist Dmitry Nalbandian "Daisies"
was bought for 175.3 thousand pounds.
Russian RIA Novosti reported that the Portrait of Praskovya Mamontova'
painted by Valentin Serov was sold at the auction for 1.2 million
pounds, a record price for the artist. The painting's preliminary
estimate was 300-500 thousand pounds. This exceptionally rare work
from a private collection was in a private collection ever since and
was the most important portrait by this artist ever to have come to
the market. Painted when the artist was just 22, it is one of Serov's
earliest finished paintings and dates from the same year as his famous
portrait of the sitter's young cousin, Girl with Peaches (Portrait
of V.S.Mamontova), 1887, now in The State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow.
Transportation of the Wounded, one of the largest works by Vasily
Vasilievich Vereshchagin was sold for 937,300 pounds. This magnificent
military scene, inspired by the Russo-Turkish war, was exhibited
widely in Europe and the United States in the 1880s. It was acquired
by the New York collector and merchant Samuel Ullman at the sale of
the artist's works held in New York by the American Art Galleries
in 1891, and has remained in private collections since then. The
painting's preliminary estimate was 800,000-1,200,000 pounds. Today
is the second day of the auction. -0- 16:17 27.11.2012
http://arka.am/en/news/society/martiros_saryan_s_poet_on_the_slopes_of_aragats_so ld_for_record_high_623_700_pounds/
From: A. Papazian
YEREVAN, November 27. / ARKA /. A painting by prominent Armenian
artist Martiros Saryan "Poet. On the slopes of Aragats" was sold for
a record 623.7 thousand pounds at Sotheby's in London on the first
day of Russian art auction.
Executed circa 1906, The Poet is among the earliest works by Martiros
Saryan ever to come to auction and was published in Apollon magazine in
1913. It was originally in the famous Moscow collection of Nikolai
Ryabushinsky (1877-1951) -son of a millionaire, bon viveur and
passionate collector.
A painting by another Armenian artist Dmitry Nalbandian "Daisies"
was bought for 175.3 thousand pounds.
Russian RIA Novosti reported that the Portrait of Praskovya Mamontova'
painted by Valentin Serov was sold at the auction for 1.2 million
pounds, a record price for the artist. The painting's preliminary
estimate was 300-500 thousand pounds. This exceptionally rare work
from a private collection was in a private collection ever since and
was the most important portrait by this artist ever to have come to
the market. Painted when the artist was just 22, it is one of Serov's
earliest finished paintings and dates from the same year as his famous
portrait of the sitter's young cousin, Girl with Peaches (Portrait
of V.S.Mamontova), 1887, now in The State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow.
Transportation of the Wounded, one of the largest works by Vasily
Vasilievich Vereshchagin was sold for 937,300 pounds. This magnificent
military scene, inspired by the Russo-Turkish war, was exhibited
widely in Europe and the United States in the 1880s. It was acquired
by the New York collector and merchant Samuel Ullman at the sale of
the artist's works held in New York by the American Art Galleries
in 1891, and has remained in private collections since then. The
painting's preliminary estimate was 800,000-1,200,000 pounds. Today
is the second day of the auction. -0- 16:17 27.11.2012
http://arka.am/en/news/society/martiros_saryan_s_poet_on_the_slopes_of_aragats_so ld_for_record_high_623_700_pounds/
From: A. Papazian