Property from the Collection of Ambassador Charles R. Crane (Sale #1779)

by Christie's New York

First Edition

Price: $35.00
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Book desription: New York: Christie's, 2006. Cover shows light handling wear and scuffing. Pages clean and bright. 2006 Catalogue to accompany the April 2006 auction. 42 lots were in the auction, each pictured in color. With detailed descriptions of each lot and realized sale prices. Includes several fold-out pages and extra photos of some of the artists and related ephemera, as well as biographical information and historical analysis of many of the artists. Catalog includes 3-page biography of Charles R. Crane and index to paintings. ARTISTS INCLUDED: Georgii Ivanovich Gabashvili, Alphonse Mucha, Boris Dmitrievich Grigoriev, Filipp Andreevich Maliavin, V. Schneider, Appolinarii Mikhailovich Vasnetsov, Fedor Ivanovitch Zakharov, V.P. Semenov-Tian-Shanskii, Svetoslav Nikolaevich Rerikh, Jan Vochoc, Paul Troubetskoy, Aleksandr Nikolaevich Benua (Benois), Vasilii Vasilievich Vereshchagin, and more. This extraordinary collection of 42 works was collected over several decades and is the result of Ambassador Crane’s discerning eye and the incredible ethnic consciousness concerning Russia, China, the Middle-East and the Slavic states that he developed during his years as a diplomat throughout those regions. Leading Ambassador Crane’s collection is a reduced version of Alphonse Mucha’s 'The Abolition of Serfdom in Russia' from the monumental series of 20 paintings entitled The Slav Epic. The collection also features two extraordinary works by Georgii Gabashvili, who painted under the pseudonym "Gigo Gabaev" and is widely known as one of the most famous artists of the Republic of Georgia. Other important works include Meeting at the Steps of a Temple Gateway, a wonderful example of Edwin Lord Weeks’ Indian period; Two Dervishes in Turkistan, an extraordinary work by Vasilii Vereshchagin that wonderfully represents the artist’s diverse body of Orientalist work; and Landscape on the Island of Bréhat a work by Boris Grigoriev, a work inspired by the artist’s travels along the French coast. OTHER HIGHLIGHTS: A fine selection of porcelain, books and works of art is also featured in this sale. Among the highlights is a Russian porcelain tea service decorated with a traditional Russian folk pattern; an illuminated 19th century Qur’an manuscript; and two 18th century Russian icons depicting the Mother of God of Korsum and the Mother of God of Vladimir. . First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8.25" x 10.75". Auction Catalog. Russian Czech slavic orientalist Painting.

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