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AUCTION HIGHLIGHTS
With an estimate of £2.5-3.5m, Alexander
Rodchenko's 1919 Construction N°95 (advertised
on page 21) is expected to be the most
expensive lot in London this week. It hails from
a 23-work Russian avant-garde collection that
also features works by Chashnik, Stepanova,
Popova and Suetin. Other sale highlights include
Deineka's In the Donbass (1954) and ten works
by Ivan Pokhitonov, led by Hunting for Quail in
29 NOVEMBER | 10:30, 13:30 & 15:00
370 lots
VIEWING:
25 November: 09:00–16.30
26-27 November: 12:00–17:00
28 November: 09:00–16.30
Contact: Reto Barmettler - Russian Pictures
Email: reto.barmettler@sothebys.com
Tel: +44 (0)20 7293 5673
Contact: Darin Bloomquist -Works of Art
Email: darin.bloomquist@sothebys.com
Tel: +44 (0)20 7293 5105
34-35 New Bond Street, London W1A 2AA
Ivan Pokhitonov
Hunting for Quail (c.1902-1906)
oil on panel 23 x 35cm
est. £200,000-300,000
Zhabovshchizna. Following the morning session,
Sotheby's will bring to the market highlights
from the Bar-Gera collection of Soviet Non-
conformist art, including paintings by Oleg
Tselkov and Vladimir Weisberg from the 1960s.
Finally, a singular highlight of the Works of Art
sale is a rare icon from the House of Fabergé.
It is one of the earliest examples of Fabergé's
experimentation with Art Nouveau design.
