Mihaly Von Zichy

LOT 131 COUNT MIHALY VON ZICHY 1827-1906 ELEVEN LITHOGRAPHIC PRINTS OF NUDES ten signed and nine dated variously in the plate lithographic prints Quantity: 12 8,000—12,000 GBP largest, image size: 19.5 by 20cm, 7 3/4 by 8 in. ten signed and nine dated variously in the plate lithographic prints The prints are offered with their original folder.

COUNT MIHALY VON ZICHY 1827-1906 COUNT VON BENCKENDORFF BATHING signed in Latin l.r., inscribed Vysoko Litovsk in Cyrillic and dated 86 l.l. and inscribed Le blond et le brun a leur toilette du matin t.l.; bearing various further inscriptions in Cyrillic on reverse watercolour over pencil on card 3,000—5,000 GBP

LOT 116 - COUNT MIHALY VON ZICHY 1827-1906 SOUVENIR DE JEUNESSE: A RARE SET OF 24 EROTIC DRAWINGS 100,000—150,000 GBP sheet size: 25 by 34cm, 9 3/4 by 13 1/4 in. Description 13 signed in Latin, two signed with initial watercolour with gouache over pencil on paper Quantity: 24 CATALOGUE NOTE Souvenir de Jeunesse is a rare set of 24 exquisite eroticdrawing by Mihaly Zichy, one of the leading exponents of HungarianRomantic painting who is today probably best remembered for hiserotic graphic work. Following studies in Budapest and Vienna, Mihaly Zichy was basedmainly in Russia from 1847 and 1906. He initially worked in theservice of the Court of the Grand Duchess Catherine Pavlovna thenfrom 1853 for a succession of four tsars, Nicholas I, Alexander II,Alexander III and Nicholas II. In 1856 Tsar Alexander II appointedZichy to the post of Court painter and he executed many grandrepresentative watercolours and sepia drawings portraying Courtlife.The offered set of erotic drawings, some in colour, some in sepia,includes a title page and it seems likely that they were once boundin an album. Interestingly, all the works have remnants of printedcover sheets glued around the edges. These would have originallyconcealed the erotic drawings and would have had to have beenripped off to reveal the risqué images beneath, an intriguingdevice possibly intended to heighten the viewer's experience.

LOT 32 PROPERTY OF A GERMAN PRIVATE COLLECTOR COUNT MIHALY VON ZICHY HUNGARIAN, 1827-1906 ANGEL WHISPERING TO AN ODALISQUE 8,000—12,000 GBP measurements 55.5 by 42.5cm., 21¾ by 16¾in. Description signed and dated Zichy 1870 lower left charcoal, wash and white heightening on paper PROVENANCE Private Collection, Berlin

Lot Number: 263 Click on image to enlarge MIHALY VON ZICHY (RUSSIAN 1829-1906) Set of 29 Erotic Prints approximately 15 x 20 cm (5 7/8 x 7 7/8 in.) [matte size] each paper size 34 x 28.7 cm (13 3/8 x 11 1/4 in.) View the other 28 works in this lot below ( click images to enlarge ): Mihaly von Zichy studied in Budapest and Vienna before he moved in 1847 to St. Petersburg, where he made a very successful career for himself as an artist and illustrator. He was very well known for his graphic works as well. In St. Petersburg, Zichy studied drawing with Princess Ekaterina Mikhailovna. Many of his works dealt with with the daily lives of the Czar and his circle, as well as motives from Russian literature and Hungarian poems. 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: $15,000 - 20,000 << Previous lot in this sale Next lot in this sale >> Go back to the thumbnail catalog