Macdougall'S

Important Russian Art Auction Wednesday, 29 November 2017, 10:30 30A Charles II St, London SW1Y 4AE
Viewing... London: 20–28 November 2017, 11:00–18:00, MacDougall’s
Free admission
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To celebrate the November 29 Important Russian Art Auction MacDougall's invite you to attend a lecture (in English) by the prominent Russian art collector, Igor Tsukanov
Pre-auction exhibition will be on view
... Doors open and welcome drinks 18:00 Lecture starts 18:30
Free admission
RSVP to rsvp@macdougallauction.com
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Viewing Monday–Sunday (Including the Weekend) 10:00–18:00
Russian Art Auciton Wednesday, 7 June 2017, 10:30
... Online catalogue available here:http://macdougallauction.com/index.a sp
MacDougall's Russian Art Pre-Auction Exhibition is an exciting mini-anthology of Russian Art, and so includes all periods from icons to contemporary. Russian Classic art features work by such masters as Korovin, Petrov-Vodkin, and Polenov, as well as Shishkin and Maliavin, while the Avant-garde section is covered by important names such as Shterenberg, Luppian and Goncharova. Later 20th century art is a traditional strong point at MacDougall’s, with Soviet masters as well as Nonconformist and Post-Soviet art represented by Gerasimov, Terpsikhorov, Nissky, Mylnikov, and Komar and Melamid’s iconic Yalta Conference.
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Russian Art Auction Wednesday, 30 November 2016, 10:30 30A Charles II St, London SW1Y 4AE
Viewing... Friday, 18 November Monday–Sunday, 21–29 November (Including the Weekend) 11:00–18:00
Online catalogue available here: http://macdougallauction.com/index.asp
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Our exhibition is open to the public every day 11:00 - 18:00 until 7th June 2016.

“Very little is known about Russian photography, hence at the moment that art sector presents excellent investment opportunities”, comments director Catherine MacDougall. “At most people are currently familiar with Russian war photography, with names like Dmitry Baltermans, Evgeny Khaldei and Georgy Zelma, as well as with some avant-garde and constructivist masters such as Alexander Rodchenko and El Lissitzky. This is just the tip of the iceberg though and we have every intention to bring Russian photography to ‘life’”.

Lot 45 21 May 2016. KHLEBNIKOV, ALEXANDER (1897-1979)
Perfume Bottles
... 800-1,200 GBP
Alexander Khlebnikov (1897–1979) is acknowledged as the pioneer of Russian still life photography. He was also one of the first Soviet photographers who worked in advertising. He was a pupil of Alexander Grinberg and a friend of Alexander Rodchenko and Varvara Stepanova. It was he who helped and encouraged Stepanova to start the Sovetskaya zhenshchina magazine in 1945. Around that time he got actively involved in the fashion and advertising industry of the USSR. Together with Georgy Soshalsky, in 1961 he founded Novator, a highly influential photo club.
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Директор аукционного дома Екатерина МакДугалл: «На Западе русскую фотографию практически не знают, поэтому сегодня в этом секторе арт-рынка представлены фантастические инвестиционные возможности. Самое большее, о чем европейские коллекционеры фотографии имеют представление – это русская военная фотография, это такие имена как Дмитрий Бальтерманц, Евгений Халдей, Георгий Зельма. Ну и конечно, авангард и конструктивизм – Эль Лисицкий, Александр Родченко. Но ведь это лишь вершин...а айсберга, и мы твердо намерены вписать русскую фотографию в мировой арт- рынок, причем как классическую, так и современную».
“Very little is known about Russian photography, hence at the moment that art sector presents excellent investment opportunities”, comments director Catherine MacDougall. “At most people are currently familiar with Russian war photography, with names like Dmitry Baltermans, Evgeny Khaldei and Georgy Zelma, as well as with some avant-garde and constructivist masters such as Alexander Rodchenko and El Lissitzky. This is just the tip of the iceberg though and we have every intention to bring Russian photography to ‘life’”.
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Exhibition: Weekdays 29 April–20 May 2016, 10:00–18:00 Saturday 21 May 2016, 10:00–14:00
Auction: Saturday 21 May 2016, 14:00
... The sale features an extremely rare set of six daguerreotypes by Joseph-Philibert Girault de Prangey, one of the most important early European masters and a pioneer of travel photography. Ironically, his works were not exhibited during his lifetime; they became widely known a hundred years after his death. His are the earliest surviving photographs of Greece, Palestine, Egypt, Syria and Turkey.
The sale will also feature some masterpieces of classic Russian photography such as Milk by Alexander Khlebnikov (estimate £1,500– 2,000), Military Exercise by Boris Ignatovich (estimate £2,000–3,000), an album of female portraits by Alexander Rodchenko, featuring and dedicated to his muse Tatiana Maliutina (estimate £15,000–20,000) as well as a series of female nudes by Alexander Grinberg (estimate £1,000–2,000 each) - a classic of the Russian pictorial school, a distinguished master who considered his photography as art, in 1936 he held an exhibition of Female Nudes after which he was accused by the Stalin regime of pornography, arrested and prosecuted.
“One of the most important tasks as we see it now is to introduce collectors and connoisseurs to the array of Russian classic and contemporary photographers”, explained William MacDougall. “That is why we are planning a series of lectures and exhibitions dedicated to the subject. Having specialised in Russian art for over decade now, we would love to share the unique vision of these Russian artists with the world”.
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MacDougall's looks forward to seeing everyone tomorrow for our morning auction at 10:30.

Our exhibition for Russian Art, Russian Works of Art, Fabergé and Icons, December 2 auction is open to the public every day 11:00 - 18:00.

Genuine art lovers! Great professionals!

Genuine art lovers! Great professionals!