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Lot 6: IVAN  KONSTANTINOVICH  AIVAZOVSKY

Est: £1,200,000 GBP - £1,800,000 GBPSold:
Sotheby'sLondon, United KingdomApril 24, 2012

Item Overview

Description

PROPERTY  OF  A  GENTLEMAN
RUSSIAN
1817-1900
VIEW  OF  CONSTANTINOPLE  AND  THE  BOSPHORUS
signed  in  Cyrillic  and  dated  1856  lower  right
oil  on  canvas
124.5  by  195.5cm.,  49  by  77in.

Artist or Maker

Literature

Gianni Caffiero and Ivan Samarine, Aivazovsky: Seas, Cities and Dreams, London, 2000, p. 209, pl. 127, illustrated; pp. 186-7, p. 287, listed
Bank Austria Kunstforum, Aiwasowski, Maler des Meeres, (exh. cat.),Vienna, 2011, no. 13, illustrated

Provenance

Sale: Sotheby's, London, 15 June 1995, lot 18
Purchased at the above sale by the present owner

Auction Details

The Orientalist Sale

by
Sotheby's
April 24, 2012, 12:00 PM GMT

34-35 New Bond Street, London, LDN, W1A 2AA, UK