Ivan Yakovlevich Bilibin
Tsaritsa Militrissa
Estimate: 30.000 - 50.000 GBP
Price realised: 150.500 GBP
Price realised: 150.500 GBP
Description
Ivan Yakovlevich Bilibin, 1876-1942
1876-1942
TSARITSA MILITRISSA
signed with initials in Cyrillic and dated 1929 t.l., also signed in full in Latin t.r.; further inscribed in Latin on reverse: Ivan Bilibine / 15, rue Boissonade / Paris XIV / La sarine Militrissa / (Op. "Tzar Saltan")
watercolour over pencil on paper
46 by 39cm., 18 by 15¼in.
Professor N.L.Okunev, Prague | Thence by decent
1876-1942
TSARITSA MILITRISSA
signed with initials in Cyrillic and dated 1929 t.l., also signed in full in Latin t.r.; further inscribed in Latin on reverse: Ivan Bilibine / 15, rue Boissonade / Paris XIV / La sarine Militrissa / (Op. "Tzar Saltan")
watercolour over pencil on paper
46 by 39cm., 18 by 15¼in.
Professor N.L.Okunev, Prague | Thence by decent
A top price for Ivan Bilibin
The work Tsaritsa Militrissa by Ivan Bilibin was worth GBP 150,500.00 (€ 210,738.94) to a buyer in November 2007. This price was achieved in the auction Russian Art and Paintings at Sothebys in London and exceeded the previously set upper estimate of GBP 50,000.00 many times over. This high result makes Tsaritsa Militrissa the most expensive artwork by Ivan Bilibin that we have observed at auctions so far.
Ein Spitzenpreis für Ivan Bilibin
Die Arbeit Tsaritsa Militrissa von Ivan Bilibin war einem Käufer im November 2007 GBP 150.500,00 (€ 210.738,94) wert. Dieser Preise wurde in der Auktion Russian Art and Paintings bei Sothebys in London erzielt und übertraf den zuvor angesetzten oberen Schätzpreis von GBP 50.000,00 um ein Vielfaches. Dieses hohe Ergebnis macht Tsaritsa Militrissa zu dem teuersten Kunstwerk von Ivan Bilibin, das wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachtet haben.
Ivan Bilibin - Auction history
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