Property from a Private European collects ion
Ivan Konstantinovich Aivazovsky
Shipwreck off the Black Sea Coast
Auction Closed
December 1, 03:47 PM GTNN
Estimate
1,200,000 - 1,800,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
Property from a Private European collects ion
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 collects
or 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 collects ion, Portugal, acquired in 1976
Sotheby's London, The Russian Sale, 31 May 2006, lot 19
Private European collects ion, 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 collects ion, Portugal, acquired in 1976
Sotheby's London, The Russian Sale, 31 May 2006, lot 19
Private European collects ion, 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
