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AUCTION HIGHLIGHTS
30 NOVEMBER | 10:30
228 lots
VIEWING:
18 November: 11:00–18.00
21-29 November: 11:00–18:00
Geli Korzhev
On a Black Background (1976)
oil on canvas 50 x 80cm
est. £120,000-180,000
MacDougall's November sale looks to build on
momentum from June with rare works by 19th
century masters, notably an accomplished
Portrait of a Gentleman in a Plaid Waistcoat –
doubtless a merchant or civic dignitary – by
Vasily Tropinin, and Lev Lagorio's Bathing
in Crimea from 1891 (est. £140,000-
200,000). An eye-catching array of
paintings from the Soviet '70s includes Andrei
Mylnikov's coolly classical yet sensuous Nude
(advertised on page 6); Yuri Pimenov's lyrical,
full-length portrait of Kyoko the Japanese Girl,
painted in the wake of Pimenov's sell-out solo
show in Tokyo in 1975; and a Severe Style still
life On a Black Background by Geli Korzhev,
the muscular messiah of Russian Realism. The
June Russian art auctions showed renewed
excitement in the market. We look forward
to continued growth in the market in the
November Russian Week.
Contact: William MacDougall
Email: info@macdougallauction.com
Tel: +44 (0) 20 7389 8160
30A Charles II Street, London SW1Y 4AE
