Russian Art & Literature - Bloomsbury Auctions

Lot 113. IVANOFF, Serge.
Self-Portrait. 1967. Pen and ink on paper (260 x 270 mm). Signed and dated lower left.
Serge Ivanoff was a graduate of the Higher Arts College of Painting in St. Petersburg. After the Revolution, Ivanoff and his family relocated
to Paris. Here, he published a documentary account of his disillusionment with the Bolshevik regime in the book Hunger in Bolshevik
Russia. Ivanoff later became the curator of Ivan Turgeniev’s library, a center of cultural life for Russian nobility and aristocrats. A skilled
portraitist, he was commissioned by many, most notably Pope Pius XI. Upon emigrating to the US in 1950, Ivanoff continued his portrait
commissions for Eleanor Roosevelt among others.
$1,000 - $2,000
Lot 114. BENOIS, Alexander Nikolaevich (1870-1960).
Landscape (La Sainte Deaume vue de Roquefort. 1929. Watercolor, tempera, and graphite on paper (320 x 480 mm). Signed and dated lower
left.
Benois was a major Russian painter, art critic and historian who influenced modern ballet and the role of stage design. Born into an artistic
and intellectual family, Benois quickly became a prominent figure in the Russian theatre co-founding the art magazine and movement Mir
Iskusstva [World of Art], aimed at promoting the Aesthetic movement and Art Nouveau throughout Russia.
$8,000 - $10,000
Lot 114
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