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Collective Folio of 60 Russian Works of Art C.1961

NO RESERVE Goncharova (Natalia) & Mikhail Larionov.- Parton (Anthony) Goncharova: The Art and Design of Natalia Goncharova, Woodbridge, 2010; Mikhail Larionov and the Russian Avant-Garde, 1993 § Sharp (J.A.) Russian Modernism between East and West: Natal'ia Goncharova and the Moscow Avant-Garde, Cambridge, 2006 § George (Waldemar) Larionov, Lausanne, 1996 § Diaghilev et les Ballets Russes: Dessins et Textes de Michel Larionov, Paris, 1970, illustrations, many colour, original cloth or boards with dust-jackets; and c.20 others on Goncharova & Larionov, some catalogues/pamphlets, a few in Russian, 4to & 8vo (c.25)

Russian Avant-Garde Art.- Durozoi (Gérard) Serge Poliakoff: Monographie [&] Catalogue Raisonné, 2 vol., Paris, 2004 § Pavel Filonov: Seer of the Invisible, St. Petersburg, 2006 § Konchalovsky: Toward the Evolution of the Russian Avant-Garde, St.Petersburg, 2010 § Kuznetsov (A.) Pavel Tchelitchew: Metamorphoses, Stuttgart, 2012 § Sarabianov (A.) Vladimir Baranov-Rossiné, Moscow, 2002 § Karshan (D.) Archipenko: The Sculpture and Graphic Art, Tubingen, 1974, illustrations, some colour, original cloth or boards with dust-jackets; and c.25 others on Russian avant-garde artists, some catalogues/pamphlets, 4to & 8vo (c.30)

NO RESERVE Russian Art.- Salys (Rimgaila) Leonid Pasternak: The Russian Years, 1875-1921. A Critical Study and Catalogue, 2 vol., Oxford, 1999 § Sugrobova-Roth( O.) & others. Alexei Harlamoff : Catalogue Raisonné, Dusseldorf, 2007 § Caffiero (G.) & Ivan Samarine. Seas, Cities and Dreams: The Paintings of Ivan Aivazovsky, 2000 § § Sarabyanov (D.) Valentin Serov: Paintings, Graphic Works, Stage Designs, New York & Leningrad, 1982; Russian Art from Neoclassicism to the Avant-Garde, 1990, illustrations, many colour, original cloth or boards, all but the second with dust-jackets; and a quantity of others on Russian art, some in Russian, some catalogues/pamphlets, 4to & 8vo (c.60)

NO RESERVE Russian Art.- Loukomsky (Georges) L'Art Russe a Paris en 1921, decorative title & illustrations by G.Narbout, with advertisement for Les Éditions de "L'Art Russe" illustrated by Bakst loosely inserted, original printed patterned-paper wrappers, uncut, a little faded and frayed at edges, corners chipped, Paris, 1921 § Salon d'Automne Exposition de l'Art Russe, ticket for 'Exposition les Ballets Russe de Diaghilew' (unnumbered) loosely inserted, original pictorial wrappers printed in red and black, worn, covers detached, spine chipped at head, glacine wrapper frayed and defective at spine, Paris, 1906 § Apletine (M., editor) Les Arts Plastiques en URSS, original pictorial wrappers, glacine wrapper, Moscow, 1935 § Grigoriew (Boris) Rasseja, contemporary vellum, t.e.g., Potsdam & Berlin, 1921, plates and illustrations, some colour, some tipped in, 4to & 8vo (4)⁂ The first three are all scarce works on Russian art, the first two exhibition catalogues include work by Bakst, Benois, Goncharova, Grigoriew, Larionov and others.

NO RESERVE Auction Catalogues.- Sotheby's.- A quantity of auction catalogues of Impressionist, 20th century and Russian art, illustrations, original wrappers or boards, 4to, v.p., Sotheby's, v.d. (15 boxes)

NO RESERVE Malevich (Kazimir).- Nakov (Andrei) Kazimir Malewicz: Catalogue Raisonné, Paris, 2002 § Petrova (Y.) & others. Kazimir Malevich in the Russian Museum, St.Petersburg, 2000 § Baier (S.) & others. Kazimir Malevich: The World as Objectlessness, Basel, 2014 § Zhadova (Larissa A.) Malevich: Suprematism and Revolution in Russian Art 1910-1930, 1982 § Khidekel (R., editor) Lazar Khidekel & Suprematism, Munich, 2104 § Berninger (H.) & J.-A.Cartier. Pougny...: Catalogue de l'Oeuvre, vol.1 only (of 2: Les Années d'Avant-Garde...1910-1923, Tubingen, 1972, illustrations, many colour, original cloth or boards, all but the third with dust-jackets, the fourth rubbed & frayed; and c.15 others on Malevich and Suprematism, some catalogues/pamphlets, 4to (c.20)

NO RESERVE Avant-Garde Art & Design.- Tupitsyn (M.) & others. El Lissitzky. Beyond the Abstract Cabinet: Photography, Design, Collaboration, New Haven & London, 1999 § Lissitzky-Küppers (S.) El Lissitzky: Life, Letters, Texts, reprint, 1992 § Passuth (K.) Moholy-Nagy, 1985 § Pfeiffer (I.) & Max Hollein. László Moholy-Nagy: Retrospektive, Munich, 2009 § Compton (S.) Russian Avant-Garde Books 1917-34, 1992 § Leclanche-Boulé (C.) Le Constructivisme Russe: Typographies & Photomontages, Paris, 1994 § Rowell (M.) & D.Wye. The Russian Avant-Garde Book 1910-1934, New York, 2003 § Aleksandr Deineka [1899-1969]: An Avant-Garde for the Proletariat, Madrid, 2011, illustrations, many colour, original cloth or boards, the first six with dust-jackets; and c.20 others on graphic design & illustration, mostly Russian, some catalogues/pamphlets, 4to & 8vo (c.25)

Russian Art.- Bowlt (John E.) & Nicoletta Misler. The Thyssen-Bornemisza Collection: Twentieth-century Russian and East European painting, 1993 § Rudenstine (A.Z., editor) The George Costakis Collection: Russian Avant-Garde Art, New York, 1981 § Petrova (Y.) & others. The Knave of Diamonds in the Russian Avant-Garde, St.Petersburg, 2004 § Kovtun (Y.) The Russian Avant-Garde in the 1920s-1930s, Bournemouth & St.Petersburg, 1996, illustrations, many colour, original cloth or boards with dust-jackets; and a quantity of others on 20th century Russian art, mostly avant-garde, some in Russian, many catalogues/pamphlets, 4to & 8vo (c.100)

NO RESERVE Auction Catalogues.- Christie's.- A quantity of auction catalogues of Impressionist, 20th century and Russian art, illustrations, original wrappers or boards, 4to, v.p., Christie's and a few Bonham's, v.d. (14 boxes)

Cinema Books, twenty-two mainly Cinema related Books (many poster related): including Movie Art (Casaro), James Dean At Speed, Horror of the 20th Century, Film Posters of the Russian Avant-Garde, Lost Artwork of Hollywood, The House of Horror (Hammer), Pictorial History of Crime Films and more - various years and conditions

NO RESERVE Russian decorative arts.- Roerich (N.) and Serge Makowski. Talachkino. L'Art Decoratif des Ateliers de la Princesse Tenichef, Edition Sodrougestvo, first edition, plates, some colour, original printed wrappers, chipped at foot, rubbed, small 4to, St. Petersburg, 1906.⁂ Although following the traditions of Russian folk art the workshops at Talachkino were greatly influenced by Art Nouveau and Jugendstil.

Russian ceramic tea service comprising two teapots and fifteen mugs, hand painted with scenes of Russian folk art

*THOMAS DELLERT DELACROIX (Swedish, b.1953)DEATH OF TROTSKY Carpet, woven in China, woven signature 'T Dellert 83', 1983size 200 x 138cmThomas Dellert-Delacroix is a Swedish conceptual artist known for his paintings, short films and ready-made works, whose prolific practice is both unique and beguiling. Dellert-Delacroix's diverse array of works display a fascination with the history of the twentieth century. This wall hanging is no exception; originating from a series of pieces focusing on the USSR, Dellert-Delacroix fuses Russian iconography with traditional rug-weaving techniques to create an arresting piece of conceptual art designed to be displayed and admired. Woven in China, at 160 stitches per square inch, this technique is almost impossible to replicate today. In Dellert-Delacroix's own words, 'being an artist...is to survive the no-man's land where art swings between the cruel madness of reality, and the beauty and serenity of our dreams.'. *Artist's Resale Right may apply to this lot.

Arts & Crafts hammered pewter tray, pewter inkwell, drinking horn, Russian icon, mauchline ware box decorated with Ryde Pier Isle of Wight, Art Deco cased set of three glass flasks, African carved hardwood rhinoceros and miscellanea in one box

NO RESERVE Czech Avant-Garde.- Proletkult.- 30 numbers of the Czech edition of the avant-garde arts and culture magazine, initially the organ of the Soviet People's Commissariat for Education, vol.I numbers 1-24 and vol.II numbers 9-10, 20, & 34-37, original printed wrappers, creases and nicks, short closed tears, some wrappers detached; and a small quantity of other magazines, pamphlets & other printed matter dating 1930s-80s illustrating Czech graphic design, typography, fashion, architecture, the plastic arts, photography etc., also a few vinyl records on the Supraphon label, some with ersatz de Stijl sleeve designs, v.s. (sm.qty.) ⁂ The magazine established in the immediate aftermath of the Russian Revolution; dedicated to educating members of the working-class, even - in the distinctly Soviet way - to informing the creation of characteristically proletarian new art forms.The movement for proletkult (for an art to depict, serve, and inform working-class life and culture) had begun in independent artists' associations prior to the Revolution; its co-option and haphazard organization under Soviet central control caused divisions; by the early 1920s the federation of associations in Russia had formally been dissolved; in 1921 the newly-formed Communist Party of Czechoslovakia set up a Czech federation and launched an edition of the magazine in Prague.

NO RESERVE Russian Avant-Garde.- Soyuz Molodezhi pri uchastii Poetov "Gileya" No.3 [ Union of Youth with the Participation of the "Gylaea" Poets No.3], one of 1,000 copies, 11 lithographed plates including 6 by Olga Rozanova, title heavily repaired to top half, original stapled lavender wrappers with design by Shkol'nik on upper cover, slightly discoloured, corners creased and worn with one corner slightly reinforced, spine slightly touched up, presented in modern cloth-backed board sleeve and modern slip-case, 4to, St Petersburg, 1913.⁂ The third issue of the magazine published by the Union of Youth Group, formed in 1910 by Zheverezheyev and largely comprising the Hylaea poets and the artists Rozanova and Filonov. The lithographs by Olga Rozanova are her first book illustrations, and this issue of Soyuz Molodezhi also includes her article The Foundations of the New Art , as well as other important Avant-Garde articles by Matyushin, the Burliuk brothers and Khlebnikov.

John (Augustus) Drawings, edited by Lillian Browse, inscribed by John "For Dodo with love from Augustus Dec. 1941" on front free endpaper, with P.C.s. from Dodo loosely inserted, original cloth, dust-jacket (rubbed and frayed at edges), 1941 § Knight (Laura) A Book of Drawings, number 174 of 500 copies signed by the artist, water-staining to pastedowns, original cloth-backed boards, stained, 1923; Twenty-One Drawings of the Russian Ballet, number 60 of 350 copies signed by the artist, title water-stained, foxing to text and one or two plates, loose as issued, modern cloth folder with ties, 1920 § Macfall (Haldane) The Art of Hesketh Hubbard, [one of 50 deluxe copies on hand-made paper], colour linocut frontispiece, mounted plates, original cloth-backed boards, t.e.g., others uncut, rubbed, 1924; and 2 others, v.s. (6)⁂ Dorothy McNeill (1881-1969), known as Dorelia or "Dodo", model for both Gwen and Augustus John who became the latter's common-law wife in a ménage à trois with his wife Ida, and mother of four of his children.

Francis Bacon (1909-1992) (after)Study for a Portrait of John Edwards; Russian Retrospective exhibition posterOffset lithograph printed in colours, 1988, from the edition of circa 250 of which only approximately 30 are extant, on thin wove paper, the full sheet printed to the edges, 901 x 575mm (35 1/8 x 22 3/8in) (unframed)This work was printed to advertise the first retrospective exhibition in Russia granted to a living artist since the Russian Revolution and was adopted by the State as a symbol of Glasnost. The exhibition was organized by the British Council in collaboration with Marlborough Fine Art in London. It was held at the Central Union of Artists in Moscow (22nd September to 7th November 1988). It is believed that only 250 posters were printed for the exhibition and at the end of it there were circa 30 left unused.This lot is sold subject to Artists Resale Rights, details of which can be found in our Terms and Conditions.

An Art Deco Lomonosov Russian porcelain figureDepicting Anna A Akhmatova, hand painted in multi-colours, factory marks to base and dated 1923, height 21cmNB: Akhmatova who was an important poet who lived in Leningrad, she was married to the artist Modigliani

Cheneviere, Antoine - Russian Furniture The Golden Age 1780-1840 : well illust, cloth in d/w, large 4to, Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1988. With one other on applied Russian art. (2)

ELENA LUKSCH -MAKOWSKY (RUSSIAN 1878-1967) Volga Barge-Haulers, 1922 charcoal and gouache on paper 24 x 53.5 cm (9 1/2 x 23 in.) [sight] signed and dated 'Elena Luksch-Makowsky 1922' lower right PROVENANCESotheby's, May 20, 2005, lot 24 LOT NOTESElena Luksch-Makowsky was a daughter of the famous Russian artist Konstantin Makovsky and a sister of prominent writer and art critic Sergei Makovsky. She studied under Ilya Repin and participated in Repin-organized exhibition in 1896 - 1897. In 1902 Makowsky married the Austrian sculptor Richard Luksch and moved first to Vienna and then to Hamburg where she took the German citizenship and taught at the Industrial Art School. She exhibited in Russia with "World of Arts", with "Garland" and at the Salon of Sergei Makovsky. Elena was the first woman to exhibit at the Viennese "Secession" in Austria and participated in multiple exhibitions in Germany, Hamburg. During the 1920s and 1930s she regularly exhibited at the Parisian Salons.This drawing was done for the notable Cabaret theatre "Blue Bird" (Der Blaue Vogel), founded in Berlin by the actor Yasha Yuzhny in 1920. Many famous Russian artists were doing costume and stage designs for this theatre, including George Pogedaieff, Ossip Lubitch, Jean Pougny and Pavel Tchelitchew. The production of ÒBurlakiÓ( Volga Barge Haulers) went on a European tour in 1923, reaching London`s Scala Theatre in October. It was reviewed in several newspapers: ÒÉThe Volga Boat Song, like a page torn from Gorky, is a cry from the depths. Only an artist with a strong sense of humanity and pity could have conceived those seven outcasts in their rags straining at a barge rope against a sunset skyÉ . As music supplies the basis of these 'dramatizations,' surely it ought to be treated less as an intruder in the theater and more as an honored guest." (The Christian Science Monitor, October 27, 1923)

NATALIA NESTEROVA (RUSSIAN B. 1944) Carriage in Versailles, 1994 oil on canvas 144 x 112.5 cm (56 3/4 x 44 1/4 in.) initialed lower right PROVENANCEBonhams, London, June 8, 2016, lot 61 (illustrated on p. 57 of the catalogue)EXHIBITEDWashington D.C., B'nai B'rith Klutznick National Jewish Museum, September 21, 2000-January 14, 2001New York, Lehman College Art Gallery, October 7, 2001-January 20, 2002Oshkosh, Paine Art Center and Gardens, March 15- June 9, 2002LITERATUREAlexandre Gertsman, ed. Natalya Nesterova: Russian Wanderings (New York: IntArt Press, 2000), p. 100 (illustrated)Alexandre Gertsman, ed., Natalya Nesterova: Reflections of Time (New York: Palace Editions, 2004), p. 99 (illustrated)

OLGA SERGEEVNA OTROSCHENKO (RUSSIAN 1947-1999) Autumn, 1976 oil on canvas 33 x 36.2cm ( 13 x 14 1/4 in.) signed lower right, inscribed and dated on back of frame EXHIBITEDUSSR, Art Export Salon, inventory 24248 (label on verso)Gekkoso Gallery, Tokyo, no.74-181 (label on the backing board) This lot is being sold without reserve.

DMITRIY KONSTANTINOVICH MOCHALSKI (RUSSIAN 1908-1988) Black Sea and River Khosta, oil on board 50 x 70 cm (19 3/4 x 27 1/2 in.) signed lower right EXHIBITEDUSSR, Art Export Salon no. 272/238 (label on verso) This lot is being sold without reserve.

NIKOLAI STEPANOVICH SCHEPILOV (RUSSIAN B.1924) Late Autumn, 1973 oil on board 48.7 x 68.3 cm (19 1/8 x 26 7/8 in.) signed and dated lower right EXHIBITEDUSSR, Art Export Salon no. 24171 (label on verso) Gekkoso Gallery, Tokyo, Contemporary Soviet Paintings, no.39 (label on the backing board) This lot is being sold without reserve.

SOLOMON SAMSONOVICH BOIM (RUSSIAN 1899-1978) Yaroslavsky Railway Station, 1959 watercolor and pencil on paper 34 x 51 cm (13 3/8 x 20 1/8 in.) initialed lower left; signed, dated, and titled on verso PROVENANCECollection of Viktor Kholodkov LOT NOTESBoim Solomon Samsonovich was a well-known Soviet artist of Jewish origin, is known mostly for his works in graphic techniques: watercolor, gouache, drawing, engraving, book illustrations and posters ("Agitplakat"). He lived in Ukraine, Leningrad, and Moscow. Studied in VKhUTEMAS from Kupreyanov. From 1926 on Boim participated in hundreds of exhibitions at home and abroad. He exhibited with such prominent artists as N. Altman, S. Chekhonin, G. Klutsis, V. Lebedev, El Lissitzky, K. Malevich, L. Popova, A. Rodchenko, V. Tatlin, P. Filonov, Stenberg Brothers, and V. Stepanova. His favorite subjects included architecture and cityscapes (mostly Leningrad/St. Petersburg and Moscow), nautical themes and the Navy, and Great Patriotic War. Boim'spaintings were influenced by Socialist Realism and Russian Impressionism. Boim's works are widely recognized. They may be seen in the former Soviet Union in the Tretyakov Gallery, the Russian Museum, the Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts, and other major museums.This lot comes from the collection of Viktor Kholodkov (1948-2015), who fulfilled his passion for books, avant-garde design and paper memorabilia by devoting his life to collecting and dealing of prominent works of Russian graphic art of the first half of the 20th century. The dedicated collector acquired a multitude of books and artworks throughout decades, meticulously labeling and archiving every single item. Many came directly from the most preeminent artists of the time, as well as from their families and estates. He also possessed a vast number of drawings from the famous collection of another avant-garde enthusiast, Nikolai Khardzhiev. After leaving the USSR in 1989 and settling in California, Viktor continued his work as a Soviet art dealer and critic, actively publishing various articles and contributing to several major Russian avant-garde exhibitions across the U.S., such as the 1991 Russia Under Fire in the 40s on the West Coast and the 1992 Guggenheim exhibition The Great Utopia: The Russian and Soviet Avant-Garde. Kholodkov also contributed to the archives of the biggest American institutions. His sophisticated selection of over 2000 Russian sheet music covers was acquired by The Library of Congress, and an extensive amount of material related to VKhUTEMAS is now at the J. Paul Getty Museum.This lot is being sold without reserve.

SOLOMON SAMSONOVICH BOIM (RUSSIAN 1899-1978) Smolenskaya Square, 1961 gouache on paper 35.5 x 50.7 cm (14 x 20 in.) initialed and dated lower right; signed, titled, and dated on verso PROVENANCECollection of Viktor Kholodkov LOT NOTESBoim Solomon Samsonovich was a well-known Soviet artist of Jewish origin, is known mostly for his works in graphic techniques: watercolor, gouache, drawing, engraving, book illustrations and posters ("Agitplakat"). He lived in Ukraine, Leningrad, and Moscow. Studied in VKhUTEMAS from Kupreyanov. From 1926 on Boim participated in hundreds of exhibitions at home and abroad. He exhibited with such prominent artists as N. Altman, S. Chekhonin, G. Klutsis, V. Lebedev, El Lissitzky, K. Malevich, L. Popova, A. Rodchenko, V. Tatlin, P. Filonov, Stenberg Brothers, and V. Stepanova. His favorite subjects included architecture and cityscapes (mostly Leningrad/St. Petersburg and Moscow), nautical themes and the Navy, and Great Patriotic War. Boim'spaintings were influenced by Socialist Realism and Russian Impressionism. Boim's works are widely recognized. They may be seen in the former Soviet Union in the Tretyakov Gallery, the Russian Museum, the Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts, and other major museums.This lot comes from the collection of Viktor Kholodkov (1948-2015), who fulfilled his passion for books, avant-garde design and paper memorabilia by devoting his life to collecting and dealing of prominent works of Russian graphic art of the first half of the 20th century. The dedicated collector acquired a multitude of books and artworks throughout decades, meticulously labeling and archiving every single item. Many came directly from the most preeminent artists of the time, as well as from their families and estates. He also possessed a vast number of drawings from the famous collection of another avant-garde enthusiast, Nikolai Khardzhiev. After leaving the USSR in 1989 and settling in California, Viktor continued his work as a Soviet art dealer and critic, actively publishing various articles and contributing to several major Russian avant-garde exhibitions across the U.S., such as the 1991 Russia Under Fire in the 40s on the West Coast and the 1992 Guggenheim exhibition The Great Utopia: The Russian and Soviet Avant-Garde. Kholodkov also contributed to the archives of the biggest American institutions. His sophisticated selection of over 2000 Russian sheet music covers was acquired by The Library of Congress, and an extensive amount of material related to VKhUTEMAS is now at the J. Paul Getty Museum.This lot is being sold without reserve.

DMITRY YAKOVLEVICH ALEXANDROV (RUSSIAN B.1921) Winter Sun, 1980 Tempera on canvas laid on board 34.7 x 49.8 cm (13 7/8 x 19 3/4 in.) signed and dated on verso EXHIBITEDUSSR, Art Export Salon no. 36864 (label on verso) Gekkoso Gallery, Tokyo, no.480 (label on the backing board) This lot is being sold without reserve.

VLADIMIR ALEKSANDROVICH IGOSHEV (RUSSIAN 1921-2007) Girls with Ball, 1953 oil on canvasboard 25 x 35 cm (9 1/2 x 13 3/8 in.) signed and dated on lower right, signed, dated, and titled on verso EXHIBITEDUSSR, Art Export Salon no. 6646 (label on verso) Gekkoso Gallery, Tokyo, no.279 (label on the backing board) This lot is being sold without reserve.

VASILIY PROKOFIEVICH EFANOV (RUSSIAN 1900-1978) Verdurous Pond, oil on board 18 x 12.5 cm (7 1/8 x 4 7/8 in.) signed lower right EXHIBITEDUSSR, Art Export Salon no. 21974/165 (label on verso)Gekkoso Gallery, Tokyo, no. 27 (label on the backing board) This lot is being sold without reserve.

VYACHESLAV KALININ (RUSSIAN B. 1939) Such a Mess, 1989 oil and collage on linen 120 x 100.5 cm (47 1/4 x 39 5/8 in.) signed and dated lower right, titled lower center; signed, dated, and titled on verso EXHIBITEDForbidden Art: The Postwar Russian Avant-Garde, February 1998-April 2002The exhibition traveled to:Pasadena, ArtCenter College of Design, Alyce de Roulet Williamson Gallery, February 22 - May 3, 1998Moscow, The State Tretyakov Gallery, May 15 - June 15, 1999St. Petersburg, The State Russian Museum, February 12 - April 4, 1999Oxford, Ohio, Miami University Art Museum, November 2 - December 12, 1999Brighton, Massachusetts, Boston College, McMullen Museum of Art, October 15 - December 10, 2000Gainesville, University of Florida, Samuel P. Harm Museum of Art, April 12 - July 3, 2005Laramie, University of Wyoming Art Museum, September 8 - November 18, 2007St. Peter, Gustavus Adolphus College, Hillstrom Museum of Art, September 3 - November 10, 2008LITERATUREForbidden Art: The Postwar Russian Avant-Garde (Los Angeles, New York: Curatorial Assistance, Distributed Art Publishers, 1998), ex. cat., p. 71 (illustrated)

A SET OF 55 CHILDREN'S BOOKS BY KABAKOV AND BULATOV (RUSSIAN B. 1933 AND B. 1933) comprising 55 children's books illustrated by Ilya Kabakov, Erik Bulatov and Oleg Vassiliev, published in 1963-1992LOT NOTESLike many of the most important "unofficial" and "non-conformist" artists of the Soviet Union, Kabakov, Bulatov and Vassiliev were commerical illustrators of popular childrens' books. Interestingly, many of the concepts and compositions expressed in this childrens' literature, continued to impact the ouevre of both artists in their non-commercial works. For this reason, the books in this collection are especially valuable, even in an art-historical context.

OLGA KONSTANTINOVNA DEINEKO (RUSSIAN 1897-1970) New Year's Day, watercolor, gouache and pencil on paper 30 x 39.8 cm (11 3/4 x 15 5/8 in.); full sheet measuring 37.5 x 52 cm (14 3/4 x 20 1/2 in.) PROVENANCECollection of Viktor Kholodkov LOT NOTESDeineko was a well-known Ukrainian and Russian Soviet Avant-garde painter and graphic artist; poster and book designer. She was born in 1897 in the Chernigov Region (Ukraine), and then lived in Petrograd and Moscow. In 1919-1923 Deineko worked as an assistant professor in VKhUTEMAS. She is also known for her collaborations with her husband Nikolai Troshin, the artist-in-chief of the magazine "USSR in Construction". Exhibited in 1934 (Moscow) with Gustav Klutsis; in 1937 (Moscow) with Ivan Kliun, Aristarkh Lentulov, Nadezhda Udaltsova, et al.This particular works exists in several variants.This lot comes from the collection of Viktor Kholodkov (1948-2015), who fulfilled his passion for books, avant-garde design and paper memorabilia by devoting his life to collecting and dealing of prominent works of Russian graphic art of the first half of the 20th century. The dedicated collector acquired a multitude of books and artworks throughout decades, meticulously labeling and archiving every single item. Many came directly from the most preeminent artists of the time, as well as from their families and estates. He also possessed a vast number of drawings from the famous collection of another avant-garde enthusiast, Nikolai Khardzhiev. After leaving the USSR in 1989 and settling in California, Viktor continued his work as a Soviet art dealer and critic, actively publishing various articles and contributing to several major Russian avant-garde exhibitions across the U.S., such as the 1991 Russia Under Fire in the 40s on the West Coast and the 1992 Guggenheim exhibition The Great Utopia: The Russian and Soviet Avant-Garde. Kholodkov also contributed to the archives of the biggest American institutions. His sophisticated selection of over 2000 Russian sheet music covers was acquired by The Library of Congress, and an extensive amount of material related to VKhUTEMAS is now at the J. Paul Getty Museum.This lot is being sold without reserve.

VASILY SHULZHENKO (RUSSIAN B. 1949) Moan, 1989 oil on linen 152 x 120 cm (59 7/8 x 47 1/4 in.) signed and dated lower right; signed and titled on verso EXHIBITEDForbidden Art: The Postwar Russian Avant-Garde, February 1998-April 2002The exhibition traveled to:Pasadena, ArtCenter College of Design, Alyce de Roulet Williamson Gallery, February 22 - May 3, 1998Moscow, The State Tretyakov Gallery, May 15 - June 15, 1999St. Petersburg, The State Russian Museum, February 12 - April 4, 1999Oxford, Ohio, Miami University Art Museum, November 2 - December 12, 1999Brighton, Massachusetts, Boston College, McMullen Museum of Art, October 15 - December 10, 2000Gainesville, University of Florida, Samuel P. Harm Museum of Art, April 12 - July 3, 2005Laramie, University of Wyoming Art Museum, September 8 - November 18, 2007St. Peter, Gustavus Adolphus College, Hillstrom Museum of Art, September 3 - November 10, 2008LITERATUREForbidden Art: The Postwar Russian Avant-Garde (Los Angeles, New York: Curatorial Assistance, Distributed Art Publishers, 1998), ex. cat., p. 288 (illustrated) (titled Suffer)LOT NOTESAlthough Shulzhenko was born in Moscow, where the artist lives and works, much of his oeuvre features that which is - both literally and figuratively - marginal. The subjects of his frank and often graphic paintings are situated in transitional spaces: the street, the village, the public restroom, and, most obviously, the verges of society. Simultaneously, the artists' works, imbued with a Bacchanalian facetiousness, are equal parts inflammatory social commentary and light hearted gag joke. Shulzhenko's men and women are conventionally unattractive, their bodies and faces as frequently distorted by alcoholism and anger as they are by lust and laughter. Heavily featuring the grotesque, the artist knowingly adopts, comments on and subverts conventional artistic narratives.

VALENTINA KROPIVNITSKAYA (RUSSIAN 1924-2008) Fairytale, 1988 color pencil on paper 39.7 x 32.2 cm (15 5/8 x 12 5/8 in.) monogrammed and dated lower right EXHIBITEDForbidden Art: The Postwar Russian Avant-Garde, February 1998-April 2002The exhibition traveled to:Pasadena, ArtCenter College of Design, Alyce de Roulet Williamson Gallery, February 22 - May 3, 1998Moscow, The State Tretyakov Gallery, May 15 - June 15, 1999St. Petersburg, The State Russian Museum, February 12 - April 4, 1999Oxford, Ohio, Miami University Art Museum, November 2 - December 12, 1999Brighton, Massachusetts, Boston College, McMullen Museum of Art, October 15 - December 10, 2000Gainesville, University of Florida, Samuel P. Harm Museum of Art, April 12 - July 3, 2005Laramie, University of Wyoming Art Museum, September 8 - November 18, 2007St. Peter, Gustavus Adolphus College, Hillstrom Museum of Art, September 3 - November 10, 2008LITERATUREForbidden Art: The Postwar Russian Avant-Garde (Los Angeles, New York: Curatorial Assistance, Distributed Art Publishers, 1998), ex. cat., p. 42 (illustrated) (incorrectly dated 1979)

MIKHAIL ARKADIEVICH SUZDALTSEV (RUSSIAN 1917-1998) Windy, oil on board 21.8 x 35 cm (8 3/4 x 14 in.) signed lower right, signed and titled on verso EXHIBITEDUSSR, Art Export Salon no. 8421 (label on verso)Gekkoso Gallery, Tokyo, no.259 (label on the backing board) This lot is being sold without reserve.

OSCAR RABIN (RUSSIAN 1928-2018) Water Supply Pump, 1985 watercolor, charcoal and ink on paper 30.5 x 44.5 cm (12 x 17 1/2 in.) [sight] signed and dated lower right EXHIBITEDForbidden Art: The Postwar Russian Avant-Garde, February 1998-April 2002The exhibition traveled to:Pasadena, ArtCenter College of Design, Alyce de Roulet Williamson Gallery, February 22 - May 3, 1998Moscow, The State Tretyakov Gallery, May 15 - June 15, 1999St. Petersburg, The State Russian Museum, February 12 - April 4, 1999Oxford, Ohio, Miami University Art Museum, November 2 - December 12, 1999Brighton, Massachusetts, Boston College, McMullen Museum of Art, October 15 - December 10, 2000Gainesville, University of Florida, Samuel P. Harm Museum of Art, April 12 - July 3, 2005Laramie, University of Wyoming Art Museum, September 8 - November 18, 2007St. Peter, Gustavus Adolphus College, Hillstrom Museum of Art, September 3 - November 10, 2008LITERATUREForbidden Art: The Postwar Russian Avant-Garde (Los Angeles, New York: Curatorial Assistance, Distributed Art Publishers, 1998), ex. cat., p. 111 (illustrated)

BORIS SVESHNIKOV (RUSSIAN 1927-1998) Nocturnal Amnesia, 1988 oil on canvas 90 x 70.5 cm (5 3/8 x 27 3/4 in.) monogrammed and dated lower right; signed, titled and dated on verso EXHIBITEDForbidden Art: The Postwar Russian Avant-Garde, February 1998-April 2002The exhibition traveled to:Pasadena, ArtCenter College of Design, Alyce de Roulet Williamson Gallery, February 22 - May 3, 1998Moscow, The State Tretyakov Gallery, May 15 - June 15, 1999St. Petersburg, The State Russian Museum, February 12 - April 4, 1999Oxford, Ohio, Miami University Art Museum, November 2 - December 12, 1999Brighton, Massachusetts, Boston College, McMullen Museum of Art, October 15 - December 10, 2000Gainesville, University of Florida, Samuel P. Harm Museum of Art, April 12 - July 3, 2005Laramie, University of Wyoming Art Museum, September 8 - November 18, 2007St. Peter, Gustavus Adolphus College, Hillstrom Museum of Art, September 3 - November 10, 2008LITERATUREForbidden Art: The Postwar Russian Avant-Garde (Los Angeles, New York: Curatorial Assistance, Distributed Art Publishers, 1998), ex. cat., p. 102 (illustrated)

SERGEI SOUDEIKINE (RUSSIAN 1883-1946) Symbolist Landscape with Seated Man, 1915 gouache on paper 51.5 x 66 cm (20 1/4 x 26 in.) signed and dated lower right; with gouache etude on verso LOT NOTESThis work belongs to the Symbolist period of Soudeikine's career, when he was part of the "World of Art" and "Blue Rose" groups.

MIKHAIL CHEMIAKIN (RUSSIAN B. 1943) Carnival, 1985 pastel on paper 119 x 74 cm (46 7/8 x 29 1/8 in.) [sight] signed and dated lower right EXHIBITEDForbidden Art: The Postwar Russian Avant-Garde, February 1998-April 2002The exhibition traveled to:Pasadena, ArtCenter College of Design, Alyce de Roulet Williamson Gallery, February 22 - May 3, 1998Moscow, The State Tretyakov Gallery, May 15 - June 15, 1999St. Petersburg, The State Russian Museum, February 12 - April 4, 1999Oxford, Ohio, Miami University Art Museum, November 2 - December 12, 1999Brighton, Massachusetts, Boston College, McMullen Museum of Art, October 15 - December 10, 2000Gainesville, University of Florida, Samuel P. Harm Museum of Art, April 12 - July 3, 2005Laramie, University of Wyoming Art Museum, September 8 - November 18, 2007St. Peter, Gustavus Adolphus College, Hillstrom Museum of Art, September 3 - November 10, 2008

MIKHAIL CHEMIAKIN (RUSSIAN B. 1943) Hoffman's Tale, 1961 pencil on cardboard 37.5 x 27 cm (14 3/4 x 10 5/8 in.) initialed and dated lower right EXHIBITEDForbidden Art: The Postwar Russian Avant-Garde, February 1998-April 2002The exhibition traveled to:Pasadena, ArtCenter College of Design, Alyce de Roulet Williamson Gallery, February 22 - May 3, 1998Moscow, The State Tretyakov Gallery, May 15 - June 15, 1999St. Petersburg, The State Russian Museum, February 12 - April 4, 1999Oxford, Ohio, Miami University Art Museum, November 2 - December 12, 1999Brighton, Massachusetts, Boston College, McMullen Museum of Art, October 15 - December 10, 2000Gainesville, University of Florida, Samuel P. Harm Museum of Art, April 12 - July 3, 2005Laramie, University of Wyoming Art Museum, September 8 - November 18, 2007St. Peter, Gustavus Adolphus College, Hillstrom Museum of Art, September 3 - November 10, 2008LITERATUREForbidden Art: The Postwar Russian Avant-Garde (Los Angeles, New York: Curatorial Assistance, Distributed Art Publishers, 1998), ex. cat., p. 132 (illustrated)

A PAIR OF PHOTOGRAPHS BY THE SYNTHESIS GROUP (RUSSIAN FOUNDED 1975) comprising:a) The Rose-colored Evening, 1981, 48 x 58 cm (18 7/8 x 7/8 in.) [sight]b) Nude on the Beach, 49.5 x 58 cm (18 7/8 x 22 x 7/8 in.) [sight]EXHIBITEDForbidden Art: The Postwar Russian Avant-Garde, February 1998-April 2002The exhibition traveled to:Pasadena, ArtCenter College of Design, Alyce de Roulet Williamson Gallery, February 22 - May 3, 1998Moscow, The State Tretyakov Gallery, May 15 - June 15, 1999St. Petersburg, The State Russian Museum, February 12 - April 4, 1999Oxford, Ohio, Miami University Art Museum, November 2 - December 12, 1999Brighton, Massachusetts, Boston College, McMullen Museum of Art, October 15 - December 10, 2000Gainesville, University of Florida, Samuel P. Harm Museum of Art, April 12 - July 3, 2005Laramie, University of Wyoming Art Museum, September 8 - November 18, 2007St. Peter, Gustavus Adolphus College, Hillstrom Museum of Art, September 3 - November 10, 2008LITERATUREForbidden Art: The Postwar Russian Avant-Garde (Los Angeles, New York: Curatorial Assistance, Distributed Art Publishers, 1998), ex. cat., p. 186 (illustrated (a))

BOTKIN, THE COLLECTION OF M.P. BOTKIN, 1911 MIKHAIL PETROVICH BOTKIN (RUSSIAN 1839-1914), introduction by, SOBRANIE M.P. BOTKINA [The Collection of M.P. Botkin] (St. Petersburg: T-vo R. Golike i A. Vilborg, 1911). Folio (420 x 325 mm). 38+[2] pp., 103 illustrated plates. Text in Russian. Illustrated profusely with chromolithographs, auto- and phototypes; with printed tissue guards.LOT NOTESThe exquisite collection of Mikhail Petrovich Botkin, prolific painter, avid antiquarian and patron of the arts, comprises rare examples of ancient Greek, Byzantine, Russian, Italian Gothic and Renaissance art, including silver, icons, enamels, furniture, terracotta sculptures and maiolica ware.

SOLOMON SAMSONOVICH BOIM (RUSSIAN 1899-1978) Rain, 1959 watercolor and pencil on paper 38 x 51.7 cm (15 x 20 3/8 in.) initialed lower right; signed, titled, and dated on verso PROVENANCECollection of Viktor Kholodkov LOT NOTESBoim Solomon Samsonovich was a well-known Soviet artist of Jewish origin, is known mostly for his works in graphic techniques: watercolor, gouache, drawing, engraving, book illustrations and posters ("Agitplakat"). He lived in Ukraine, Leningrad, and Moscow. Studied in VKhUTEMAS from Kupreyanov. From 1926 on Boim participated in hundreds of exhibitions at home and abroad. He exhibited with such prominent artists as N. Altman, S. Chekhonin, G. Klutsis, V. Lebedev, El Lissitzky, K. Malevich, L. Popova, A. Rodchenko, V. Tatlin, P. Filonov, Stenberg Brothers, and V. Stepanova. His favorite subjects included architecture and cityscapes (mostly Leningrad/St. Petersburg and Moscow), nautical themes and the Navy, and Great Patriotic War. Boim'spaintings were influenced by Socialist Realism and Russian Impressionism. Boim's works are widely recognized. They may be seen in the former Soviet Union in the Tretyakov Gallery, the Russian Museum, the Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts, and other major museums.This lot comes from the collection of Viktor Kholodkov (1948-2015), who fulfilled his passion for books, avant-garde design and paper memorabilia by devoting his life to collecting and dealing of prominent works of Russian graphic art of the first half of the 20th century. The dedicated collector acquired a multitude of books and artworks throughout decades, meticulously labeling and archiving every single item. Many came directly from the most preeminent artists of the time, as well as from their families and estates. He also possessed a vast number of drawings from the famous collection of another avant-garde enthusiast, Nikolai Khardzhiev. After leaving the USSR in 1989 and settling in California, Viktor continued his work as a Soviet art dealer and critic, actively publishing various articles and contributing to several major Russian avant-garde exhibitions across the U.S., such as the 1991 Russia Under Fire in the 40s on the West Coast and the 1992 Guggenheim exhibition The Great Utopia: The Russian and Soviet Avant-Garde. Kholodkov also contributed to the archives of the biggest American institutions. His sophisticated selection of over 2000 Russian sheet music covers was acquired by The Library of Congress, and an extensive amount of material related to VKhUTEMAS is now at the J. Paul Getty Museum.This lot is being sold without reserve.

IGOR ALEXEEVICH MALYARENKO (RUSSIAN B.1934) Lilac, oil on board 49.6 x 39.7 cm (19 1/2 x 15 5/8 in.) signed lower right EXHIBITEDUSSR, Art Export Salon no. 40167 (label on verso)Gekkoso Gallery, Tokyo, no. 168 (label on the backing board) This lot is being sold without reserve.

A GROUP OF SIX NEGATIVE PLATES DEPICTING MIKHAIL MIKHAILOVICH TARKHANOV (RUSSIAN 1888-1962) each measuring 11.8 x 8.8 cm, depicting the artist in his study, housed in artist's original decorated boxLOT NOTESMikhail Tarkhanov was a Russian avant-garde graphic artist known for his abstract, water-based textured compositions. He graduated from the Stroganov Moscow State University of Arts and Industry in 1915, later enrolling at VKhUTEMAS, where he studied under Vasili Kandinsky and Vladimir Favorsky. From 1932 until his death, the exhibition of abstract art was banned, so he secretly pursued his abstract work while working officially for various Soviet institutions. He was able to exhibit his beautiful, unique compositions only a handful of times from 1919 to 1931, alongside artists such as Natan Altman, El Lissitzky, Kazimir Malevich, and Alexander Rodchenko. Much of his oeuvre has remained unseen until the present. Tarkhanov's works are included in the permanent collections of the State Tretyakov Gallery, the Russian State Museum, the Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts, and at the Getty Center. This is a prime example of one of Tarkhanov's intricate designs created by a carefully crafted mixed medium, acquired directly from the artist's estate.This lot comes from the collection of Viktor Kholodkov (1948-2015), who fulfilled his passion for books, avant-garde design and paper memorabilia by devoting his life to collecting and dealing of prominent works of Russian graphic art of the first half of the 20th century. The dedicated collector acquired a multitude of books and artworks throughout decades, meticulously labeling and archiving every single item. Many came directly from the most preeminent artists of the time, as well as from their families and estates. He also possessed a vast number of drawings from the famous collection of another avant-garde enthusiast, Nikolai Khardzhiev. After leaving the USSR in 1989 and settling in California, Viktor continued his work as a Soviet art dealer and critic, actively publishing various articles and contributing to several major Russian avant-garde exhibitions across the U.S., such as the 1991 Russia Under Fire in the 40s on the West Coast and the 1992 Guggenheim exhibition The Great Utopia: The Russian and Soviet Avant-Garde. Kholodkov also contributed to the archives of the biggest American institutions. His sophisticated selection of over 2000 Russian sheet music covers was acquired by The Library of Congress, and an extensive amount of material related to VKhUTEMAS is now at the J. Paul Getty Museum.This lot is being sold without reserve.

DMITRI ZHILINSKY (RUSSIAN 1927-2015) Still Life with Book and Flowers, 1990 oil on board 65 x 46 cm (25 5/8 x 18 1/8 in.) initialed and dated lower right EXHIBITEDForbidden Art: The Postwar Russian Avant-Garde, February 1998-April 2002The exhibition traveled to:Pasadena, ArtCenter College of Design, Alyce de Roulet Williamson Gallery, February 22 - May 3, 1998Moscow, The State Tretyakov Gallery, May 15 - June 15, 1999St. Petersburg, The State Russian Museum, February 12 - April 4, 1999Oxford, Ohio, Miami University Art Museum, November 2 - December 12, 1999Brighton, Massachusetts, Boston College, McMullen Museum of Art, October 15 - December 10, 2000Gainesville, University of Florida, Samuel P. Harm Museum of Art, April 12 - July 3, 2005Laramie, University of Wyoming Art Museum, September 8 - November 18, 2007St. Peter, Gustavus Adolphus College, Hillstrom Museum of Art, September 3 - November 10, 2008LITERATUREForbidden Art: The Postwar Russian Avant-Garde (Los Angeles, New York: Curatorial Assistance, Distributed Art Publishers, 1998), ex. cat., p. 284 (illustrated)

PAVEL FEDOROVICH SUDAKOV (RUSSIAN 1914-2010) Dusk, 1970 oil on board 33.4 x 45.5 cm (13 1/4 x 18 in.) signed and dated lower right EXHIBITEDUSSR, Art Export Salon (label on verso) Gekkoso Gallery, Tokyo, Contemporary Soviet Paintings, no.4025 (label on the backing board) This lot is being sold without reserve.

VALERIY ALEKSANDROVICH LEDNEV (RUSSIAN B. 1940) Nereditsa Church, Novgorod, 1974 oil on canvas 21.8 x 30.1 cm (8 3/4 x 12 in.) signed lower left; signed, dated and inscribed on verso EXHIBITEDUSSR, Art Export Salon (label on verso)Gekkoso Gallery, Tokyo (label on verso) This lot is being sold without reserve.

VASILY PROKOFIEVICH EFANOV (RUSSIAN 1900-1978) Sunset, oil on board 29.2 x 39.5 cm (11 1/2 x 15 1/2 in.) signed lower right EXHIBITEDUSSR, Art Export Salon no. 21968/495 (label on verso)Gekkoso Gallery, Tokyo, no. 29 (label on the backing board) This lot is being sold without reserve.

SERGEI OSIPOVICH LYVIN (RUSSIAN B. 1923) At the Streamlet, 1958 oil on board 35.6 x 22.8 cm (14 x 9 in.) signed and dated lower right EXHIBITEDUSSR, Art Export Salon no. 25303 (label on verso)Gekkoso Gallery, Tokyo, no. 7A-37 (label on the backing board) This lot is being sold without reserve.

SOLOMON SAMSONOVICH BOIM (RUSSIAN 1899-1978) Along the Avenue, circa 1960 watercolor and pencil on paper 37 x 51 cm (14 5/8 x 20 1/8 in.) initialed lower left; signed on verso PROVENANCECollection of Viktor Kholodkov LOT NOTESBoim Solomon Samsonovich was a well-known Soviet artist of Jewish origin, is known mostly for his works in graphic techniques: watercolor, gouache, drawing, engraving, book illustrations and posters ("Agitplakat"). He lived in Ukraine, Leningrad, and Moscow. Studied in VKhUTEMAS from Kupreyanov. From 1926 on Boim participated in hundreds of exhibitions at home and abroad. He exhibited with such prominent artists as N. Altman, S. Chekhonin, G. Klutsis, V. Lebedev, El Lissitzky, K. Malevich, L. Popova, A. Rodchenko, V. Tatlin, P. Filonov, Stenberg Brothers, and V. Stepanova. His favorite subjects included architecture and cityscapes (mostly Leningrad/St. Petersburg and Moscow), nautical themes and the Navy, and Great Patriotic War. Boim'spaintings were influenced by Socialist Realism and Russian Impressionism. Boim's works are widely recognized. They may be seen in the former Soviet Union in the Tretyakov Gallery, the Russian Museum, the Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts, and other major museums.This lot comes from the collection of Viktor Kholodkov (1948-2015), who fulfilled his passion for books, avant-garde design and paper memorabilia by devoting his life to collecting and dealing of prominent works of Russian graphic art of the first half of the 20th century. The dedicated collector acquired a multitude of books and artworks throughout decades, meticulously labeling and archiving every single item. Many came directly from the most preeminent artists of the time, as well as from their families and estates. He also possessed a vast number of drawings from the famous collection of another avant-garde enthusiast, Nikolai Khardzhiev. After leaving the USSR in 1989 and settling in California, Viktor continued his work as a Soviet art dealer and critic, actively publishing various articles and contributing to several major Russian avant-garde exhibitions across the U.S., such as the 1991 Russia Under Fire in the 40s on the West Coast and the 1992 Guggenheim exhibition The Great Utopia: The Russian and Soviet Avant-Garde. Kholodkov also contributed to the archives of the biggest American institutions. His sophisticated selection of over 2000 Russian sheet music covers was acquired by The Library of Congress, and an extensive amount of material related to VKhUTEMAS is now at the J. Paul Getty Museum.This lot is being sold without reserve.

ERNST NEIZVESTNY (RUSSIAN 1925-2016) Centaur, 1988 bronze overall height: 26 cm (10 1/4 in.) signed and inscribed with edition AP on base EXHIBITEDForbidden Art: The Postwar Russian Avant-Garde, February 1998-April 2002The exhibition traveled to:Pasadena, ArtCenter College of Design, Alyce de Roulet Williamson Gallery, February 22 - May 3, 1998Moscow, The State Tretyakov Gallery, May 15 - June 15, 1999St. Petersburg, The State Russian Museum, February 12 - April 4, 1999Oxford, Ohio, Miami University Art Museum, November 2 - December 12, 1999Brighton, Massachusetts, Boston College, McMullen Museum of Art, October 15 - December 10, 2000Gainesville, University of Florida, Samuel P. Harm Museum of Art, April 12 - July 3, 2005Laramie, University of Wyoming Art Museum, September 8 - November 18, 2007St. Peter, Gustavus Adolphus College, Hillstrom Museum of Art, September 3 - November 10, 2008LITERATUREForbidden Art: The Postwar Russian Avant-Garde (Los Angeles, New York: Curatorial Assistance, Distributed Art Publishers, 1998), ex. cat., p. 121 (illustrated)

PETRO STEPANOVICH SULIMENKO (RUSSIAN, 1914-1996) Beach in Crimea, oil on canvasboard 24 x 34.7 cm (9 3/4 x 10 1/2 in.) signed lower right EXHIBITEDUSSR, Art Export Salon, inventory 24293 (label on verso)Gekkoso Gallery, Tokyo, no.74-193 (label on the backing board) This lot is being sold without reserve.

A RUSSIAN FABERGE SILVER AND SANDSTONE MATCH HOLDER, MOSCOW, 1908-1917 carved as a mushroom with a small lizard resting on the surface, the match container gilded, marked with 88 standard and K. Faberge mark in Cyrillic with Imperial warrant; overall height: 8 cm (3 1/8 in.) PROVENANCESotheby's, New York, Important European Silver, Vertu, and Russian Works of Art, April 16, 2015, Lot 59

AN EXCEEDINGLY RARE COLLECTION OF 215 AVANT-GARDE PHOTOGRAPHS AND PHOTOGRAMS BY MIKHAIL MIKHAILOVICH TARKHANOV (RUSSIAN 1888-1962) comprising 215 avant-garde photographs and photograms of flora, landscapes, scenes from hunting, portraits of the artist and family; the smallest measuring 8.5 x 7.5 cm (3 3/8 x 3 in.), the largest: 8 x 12.5 cm (3 1/8 x 4 7/8 in.)LOT NOTESMikhail Tarkhanov was a Russian avant-garde graphic artist known for his abstract, water-based textured compositions. He graduated from the Stroganov Moscow State University of Arts and Industry in 1915, later enrolling at VKhUTEMAS, where he studied under Vasili Kandinsky and Vladimir Favorsky. From 1932 until his death, the exhibition of abstract art was banned, so he secretly pursued his abstract work while working officially for various Soviet institutions. He was able to exhibit his beautiful, unique compositions only a handful of times from 1919 to 1931, alongside artists such as Natan Altman, El Lissitzky, Kazimir Malevich, and Alexander Rodchenko. Much of his oeuvre has remained unseen until the present. Tarkhanov's works are included in the permanent collections of the State Tretyakov Gallery, the Russian State Museum, the Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts, and at the Getty Center.The present album includes a large number of avant-garde photograms, with which Tarkhanov was experimenting in the 1920s along with El Lissitsky (Russian 1890-1941) and Georgiy Zimin (Russian 1900-1985).This lot comes from the collection of Viktor Kholodkov (1948-2015), who fulfilled his passion for books, avant-garde design and paper memorabilia by devoting his life to collecting and dealing of prominent works of Russian graphic art of the first half of the 20th century. The dedicated collector acquired a multitude of books and artworks throughout decades, meticulously labeling and archiving every single item. Many came directly from the most preeminent artists of the time, as well as from their families and estates. He also possessed a vast number of drawings from the famous collection of another avant-garde enthusiast, Nikolai Khardzhiev. After leaving the USSR in 1989 and settling in California, Viktor continued his work as a Soviet art dealer and critic, actively publishing various articles and contributing to several major Russian avant-garde exhibitions across the U.S., such as the 1991 Russia Under Fire in the 40s on the West Coast and the 1992 Guggenheim exhibition The Great Utopia: The Russian and Soviet Avant-Garde. Kholodkov also contributed to the archives of the biggest American institutions. His sophisticated selection of over 2000 Russian sheet music covers was acquired by The Library of Congress, and an extensive amount of material related to VKhUTEMAS is now at the J. Paul Getty Museum.This lot is being sold without reserve.

DMITRI KRASNOPEVTSEV (RUSSIAN 1925-1995) Still Life with Broken Jug, oil on board 35.2 x 49.5 cm (13 3/4 x 19 1/2 in.) signed lower left PROVENANCEAcquired by poet Boris Slutsky and litterateur Pyotr Zalmanovich Gorelik directly from the artist, 1962Gifted by the above to Aleksandr Davidovich Borovsky, head of the Department of Contemporary Art (Otdel noveishyh techeniy) of the State Russian MuseumAcquired from the above by the present collector, May 1990 EXHIBITEDForbidden Art: The Postwar Russian Avant-Garde, February 1998-April 2002The exhibition traveled to:Pasadena, ArtCenter College of Design, Alyce de Roulet Williamson Gallery, February 22 - May 3, 1998Moscow, The State Tretyakov Gallery, May 15 - June 15, 1999St. Petersburg, The State Russian Museum, February 12 - April 4, 1999Oxford, Ohio, Miami University Art Museum, November 2 - December 12, 1999Brighton, Massachusetts, Boston College, McMullen Museum of Art, October 15 - December 10, 2000Gainesville, University of Florida, Samuel P. Harm Museum of Art, April 12 - July 3, 2005Laramie, University of Wyoming Art Museum, September 8 - November 18, 2007St. Peter, Gustavus Adolphus College, Hillstrom Museum of Art, September 3 - November 10, 2008EXPERTISEThe verso bears an attribution and dedication by Aleksandr Borovskiy, in Russian: Podtverzhdayu avtorstvo / D. Krasnopevtseva / Rabota sozdana na rubezhe 50-60h g.g. / Priobretena poetom B. Slutskim i / literatorom P.Z. Gorelikom / v 1962 v masterskoy / khudozhnika / A. Borovskiy / zav. otdelom Gos. Russkogo / muzeya / Zhenechke ot Borovskogo A. / mai 90([I] confirm the authorship / of D. Krasnopevtsev / The work was created on the verge of the 1950s-1960s / Acquired by the poet B. Slutsky / and litterateur P. Z. Gorelik / in 1962 in the studio / of the artist / A. Borovskiy / Deputy head of the department of the State Russian / Museum / To Zhenechka from Borovsky A. / May [19]90)

EFIM EVSEEVICH RUBIN (RUSSIAN 1919-1992) Edge of the forest, 1958 oil on canvas 40 x 30 cm (15 3/4 x 12 in.) signed and dated lower right EXHIBITEDUSSR, Art Export Salon no. 8885 (label on stretcher)USSR, Art Export Salon, inventory 411 (label on stretcher)Gekkoso Gallery, Tokyo, no.12 (label on the backing board) This lot is being sold without reserve.

VLADIMIR NEMUKHIN (RUSSIAN 1925-2016) Composition with Cards I, 1988 pencil and gouache on paper 91 x 70 cm (35 7/8 x 27 1/2 in.) [sight] signed and dated lower centre EXHIBITEDForbidden Art: The Postwar Russian Avant-Garde, February 1998-April 2002The exhibition traveled to:Pasadena, ArtCenter College of Design, Alyce de Roulet Williamson Gallery, February 22 - May 3, 1998Moscow, The State Tretyakov Gallery, May 15 - June 15, 1999St. Petersburg, The State Russian Museum, February 12 - April 4, 1999Oxford, Ohio, Miami University Art Museum, November 2 - December 12, 1999Brighton, Massachusetts, Boston College, McMullen Museum of Art, October 15 - December 10, 2000Gainesville, University of Florida, Samuel P. Harm Museum of Art, April 12 - July 3, 2005Laramie, University of Wyoming Art Museum, September 8 - November 18, 2007St. Peter, Gustavus Adolphus College, Hillstrom Museum of Art, September 3 - November 10, 2008