Russian Pictures
Russian Pictures
Property from a Private European Collection
Ivan Konstantinovich Aivazovsky
Shipwreck off the Black Sea Coast
Auction Closed
December 1, 03:47 PM GMT
Estimate
1,200,000 - 1,800,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
Property from a Private European Collection
Ivan Konstantinovich Aivazovsky
1817 - 1900
Shipwreck off the Black Sea Coast
signed in Latin and dated 1887 l.l.; further signed and inscribed Russe on the reverse
oil on canvas
Canvas: 137 by 234cm, 54 by 92in.
Framed: 150 by 247.5cm, 59 by 97½in.
A gift from industrialist and art collector James Fredrik Dickson (1844-1898) to his daughter, Countess Blanche Bonde of Sweden (1865-1960)
Thence by descent to Count Thure Bonde (1908-1998)
Private collection, Portugal, acquired in 1976
Sotheby's London, The Russian Sale, 31 May 2006, lot 19
Private European collection, acquired at the above sale
Sotheby's London, Important Russian Art, 2 June 2014, lot 20
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner
Thence by descent to Count Thure Bonde (1908-1998)
Private collection, Portugal, acquired in 1976
Sotheby's London, The Russian Sale, 31 May 2006, lot 19
Private European collection, acquired at the above sale
Sotheby's London, Important Russian Art, 2 June 2014, lot 20
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner
G.Caffiero and I.Samarine, Neizvestnyi Aivazovskii: k 200-letiyu so dnya rozhdeniya, Moscow: SLOVO, 2016, pp.236-237 illustrated; p.397 illustrated and listed as CS-1887-010