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Ivan Aivazovsky (1817-1900)
A ship in stormy waters
signed in Cyrillic and dated 'Aivazovskii/1895' (lower right)
oil on canvas
24½ x 32¾ in. (62 x 83.2 cm.)
Painted in 1895
Pre-Lot Text
Property from an Important Private Collection, U.S.A.
Provenance
Anonymous sale, Sotheby's, London, 7 April 1989, lot 119.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
LOT 311
IVAN KONSTANTINOVICH AIVAZOVSKY
1817-1900
THE LIFEBOAT
30,000—40,000 GBP
measurements
29 by 22cm, 11 1/2 by 8 3/4 in.
Description
signed in Cyrillic and dated 1874 l.r.
oil on canvas laid on board
PROVENANCE
Presented to Admiral David Robertson (1817-1910) by the Russian Society of Help to the Shipwrecked Thence by descent to the previous owner
CATALOGUE NOTE
After a distinguished career in the Royal Navy, Admiral Roberston was appointed Assistant Inspector of Lifeboats to Royal National Lifeboat Institution in 1862.
Ivan Constantinowitsch Aivasovsky
(1817-1900) Umkreis/Circle Blick auf den Hafen von Odessa bei Mondlicht, unter UV-Licht undeutliche Signatur und Datierung 1881 (?) sichtbar, Öl auf Leinwand, 45 x 53,5 cm , gerahmt,(W)
