Alessio Issupoff

ISSUPOFF, ALESSIO (1889–1957) Cottage by the Shore . Oil on canvas, laid on cardboard, 40 by 46 cm. According to an inscription on the reverse, the painting was brought from Italy by the artist’’’’s wife on her return to the Soviet Union in 1962. Authenticity of the work has been confirmed by the expert V. Petrov.

Alessio Isupoff * (Viatka, Russia 1889–1957 Rome) Rural Winter Landscape with Horses and Russian Peasants, signed Alessio Isupoff, on the reverse stamp of the Mondial Gallery, Milan and a confirmation of authenticity by Mario Borgiotti “opera autentica di Alessio Isupoff”, oil on panel, 36 x 65 cm, framed, (W) Provenance: Mondial Gallery, Milan.

Alessio Issupoff (1889-1957) Paesaggio russo con cavalli signed 'Alessio Issupoff' (lower left); inscribed with title (on the reverse) oil on board 13 5/8 x 17¾ in. (34.5 x 45 cm.) Galleria d'Arte Sacva, Bologna in 1961 (label on the reverse). Pinacoteca gallery, Piazza di Spagna, Rome (label and stamp on the reverse). G. Palermo Collection. Galleria d'Arte Il Ducato, Via Mario dei Fiori, Rome (stamp on the reverse). Acquired by the father of the present owner in Rome in the 1970s. Please note that the provenance does not include A. Paciosi, Belle Arte, Rome, as stated in the catalogue.

ALESSIO ISUPPOFF (RUSSIAN 1889-1957) At the Marketplace oil on panel 30 x 35 cm. (11 ¾ x 13 ¾ in.) signed lower right Additional Images: Click here to sign up to leave an absentee bid on this lot Click here to sign up to bid live by telephone on this lot Click here to request a condition report Estimate: $8,000 - 12,000 << Previous lot in this sale Next lot in this sale >> Go back to the thumbnail catalog

Alessio Issupoff (1889-1957) A Kazakh bride signed in Cyrillic 'A. Isupov' (lower right) oil on canvas laid down on board 32¾ x 28 1/8 in. (83.3 x 71.5 cm.) Painted circa 1914 Collection R. Pellizzari, Milan. G. Nicodemi, Alessio Issupoff, Milan, 1949, illustrated p. 16 (detail) as 'La sposa Kirghisa'. Having graduated from Moscow Art College (MUZhVZ) in 1912; Alessio Issupoff spent three years traveling around Russia's Ural region. During this time he also visited Orenburg, his wife's hometown, where he painted A Kazakh bride. The painting is a detailed study of a Central Asian bridal costume in the movable tent-house used by nomads: the yurt. The traditional wedding gown consisted of three gold-embroidered dark red velvet robes worn on top of one another. The bride's chest jewellery onyr zhiek indicates that she originates from Western Kazakhstan. The traditional nuptial headdress for Kazakh women was a tall cone-shaped saukele. However, the bride in this painting is wearing a kasaba hat, distinguished by its round shape and decorated with fur and feathers. A Kasaba could also be worn after the wedding celebrations, but with a scarf rather than feathers. This type of headdress became fashionable in Central Asia at the end of the 19th century especially in the Orenburg area. Like saukele, kasaba were decorated with gold embroidery and pendants with semi-precious stones and often with silver bells as in this painting. The headdress was the most important and expensive part of the bride's wedding gown; its price could be as much as that of 100 horses.