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“The Auction of Graphics, Posters, Porcelain and Sculpture”, Antikvarnaya Gazeta No. 24, Sep, 2006

Since September 1st the pre-auction exhibition “Graphics, posters, porcelain and sculpture» is opened in the SOVOCOM Art Gallery. The auction will be hold at 7 p.m., September 20th. A real great number of works, totalling 159 lots, will be exposed to visitors. All top masters of the XX century to our time from V. Mate D. Kardovskiy to A.Zverev and D.Plavinskogo. Even an illustration drawn by the famous Russian singer, F.I. Shalyapin, with his autograph, will be here on sale for just 1.200 USD. Certainly, this lot will draw attention of many lovers of rarity.
Since September 1st the pre-auction exhibition “Graphics, posters, porcelain and sculpture» is opened in the SOVOCOM Art Gallery. The auction will be hold at 7 p.m., September 20th. A real great number of works, totalling 159 lots, will be exposed to visitors. All top masters of the XX century to our time from V. Mate D. Kardovskiy to A.Zverev and D.Plavinskogo. Even an illustration drawn by the famous Russian singer, F.I. Shalyapin, with his autograph, will be here on sale for just 1.200 USD. Certainly, this lot will draw attention of many lovers of rarity. Many works were delivered here from abroad: B. Grigoryev`s four splendid canvas, works by M. Dobuzhinskiy, N. Tarkhov, N. Altman, L. Bakst. Price per a lot varies from 50 to 20.000 USD. Here you can find a rare 1915-year work by A. Shevchencko, an etching by A. Rravchencko, published in the artist’s monograph, linoleum engraving by L. Lapin – a member of K.Malevich's Circle", illustrations made by G. Suteyev to S. Mikhalkov’s book “My friend and I" dated 1939, S.V. Gerasimov military graphics, and strings created by L. Soyfertis, V Popkov and A. Romadanovskaya, as usual. Also, visitors are welcome to see unusual works by M.N. Romadin "The general" and "That their world" to A. Tveardovskiy's performance “Tyorkin in the hereafter", 1969; V. Kuvin’s huge pastels “Going to dances” (153x83) and “Evening behind a small window” (159x83), 1956 and 1957. The total number of masters exposed here exceeds 100. Many of them are depicted at Fyodor Reshetnickov’s caricature “Academy of arts meeting”, 1957. Section of posters begins with original works by Nina Vatolina, the author of "Keep head shut!” - the most replicated poster off all times and nations, and “To reason and light to life!” and “To school!”, which sound like real September slogans. Of course, visitors of the auction will pay attention to a work by Pavel Petrovich Sockolov-Skalia and Andrey Ivanovich Plotnov "Glory to the heroic Red Army". The poster was created in 1945, when A.I. Plotnov went to the front and entered the USSR NKVD studio, where he studied under P.P. Sockolov-Skalia. Besides original painting, posters issued in small circulation by Decorative Art Publishing (IZOGIZ) will also be displayed here. “We offer to trade and compete!”(1959) and “We don`t worry about our near future!” may also be marked out as worthy of consideration (1956), created by Viktor Ivanovich Govorkov, a D.C. Moor's apprentice, whose self-caricature is exposed at the auction, as well and emphasizes, that Dmitriy Stakhievich was not only a great painter of posters, but has a wonderful sense of humour due to which he became famous as an outstanding caricaturist. On September 20th the SOVCOM Art Gallery for the first time will display the collection of porcelain, ceramics and faience. Floor vases exposed here deserve visitor’s look. They all were created to order as a gift to Leonid Ilyich Brezhnev and were made in single copies in the beginning of the 70-es. Among them there are two vases with dedicatory inscription “To Dear Leonid Ilyich Brezhnev from citizens of Dnepropetrovsk” and “From man-of-war's men of Pacific Sea to the General Secretary of the Central Committee of the CPSU, Comrade Leonid Ilyich Brezhnev on 7-th Anniversary, city of Vladivostok”. A porcelain plate made in Leningrad Porcelain Plain can be found here, as well. Also, it is worth to pay attention to bronze sculptures created by the founder of Tatar decorative art, Baki Idrisovich Urmanche “The boy” and “The lying cat” (1955 and 1965). This master’s works can rarely be found at antique markets, many of them are kept in collections of large museums of Russia. Come and see a sculpture created by Tatyana Mikhaylovna Sockolova “The girl sitting on the stool”, 1977. The author cast this work only twice, the second copy is exposed in the State Russian Museum and is an aftercast of that one exposed at the auction. Top lots of the auction will undoubtedly become works by Alexey Ilyich Teneta, the author of “People’s Friendship” fountain at VDNKH and many other sculptures all over Russia. Two of his plaster works – “Tsarevich Yelisey” and “Partisan Woman” crated in the beginning of 1940-s. Even a most sophisticated collector and connoisseur of art will undoubtedly find here his lovely article. For more info about lots visit us at www.sovcom.ru

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