Ivan Constantinovich Aivazovsky

Ivan Constantinowitsch Aivazovsky (Feodosia 1817–1900) Farmhouse and Windmill in the Moonlight, signed in Cyrillic script, dated 1863, oil on canvas, 20 x 29.5 cm, framed, (GG) We are grateful to Dr. Olga Sugrobova-Roth for her assistance in cataloguing this work. We are grateful to Gianni Caffiero for confirming the authenticity of the work on basis of a photograph. Windmills and Ukranian farmhouses were frequent themes in Aivazovsky’’’’s work from the 1850s to his late creative period. There are corresponding examples in galleries including the Picture Gallery in Feodosiya, in the Crimea, and in the Tretjakov Gallery in Moscow.

302. Ivan Konstantinovitch Aivazovski Russia 1817-1900 MORNING MIST BY THE SHORE. Sign. Oil on board 28x21 cm. АЙВАЗОВСКИЙ, ИВАН КОНЧТАНТИНОВИЧ (1817-1900) ТУМАННОЕ УТРО У БЕРЕГА. Дерево, масло. 28х21. Подпись. Сертификат подлинности: Л.С.Гавриленко, Г.Н.Голдовский. Certificate of Authenticity: L.S. Gavrilenko, Grigory Goldovsky.

Ivan Konstantinovich Aivazovsky (Russian, 1817-1900) View from the terrace of the artist's house in Feodosia View from the terrace of the artist's house in Feodosia signed and inscribed in Cyrillic 'Aiv Bul'var' (lower left) oil on canvas 19 x 31cm (7 1/2 x 12 3/16in). PROVENANCE: Private collection, Greece We are grateful to Gianni Caffiero for confirming the authenticity of the offered lot. Painted circa 1898, Aivazovsky depicts himself in the offered lot in the lower right corner, sitting on the terrace of his house before a small table with his three daughters around him, watching the day's bustle and activity in the bay.

LOT 122 PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE EUROPEAN COLLECTION IVAN KONSTANTINOVICH AIVAZOVSKY 1817-1900 MORNING IN YALTA signed in Latin and dated 1880 l.l.; further signed in Cyrillic, dated 1880 and inscribed on the reverse, the stretcher bearing Avantso stamp oil on canvas 32 by 43.6cm, 12 1/2 by 17 1/4 in.

AIVAZOVSKY, IVAN (1817–1900) View of Venice. San Giorgio Maggiore , signed and dated 1851. Oil on canvas, 99.5 by 122.5 cm. Comment1 Provenance: Acquired by a senior Communist party official in the 1930s. Thence by descent. Acquired from the above by the present owner. Private collection, Europe. Authenticity of the work has been confirmed by the expert V. Petrov. The work will be included in the forthcoming monograph Light, Water and Sky by G. Caffiero and Samarine, to be published in November 2012. Ivan Aivazovsky painted View of Venice. San Giorgio Maggiore in the early 1850s and