Ivan Konstantinovich Aivazovsky (Russian, 1817-1900) Seascape image 1

Ivan Konstantinovich Aivazovsky (Russian, 1817-1900) Seascape image 2

Lot 34^*

Ivan Konstantinovich Aivazovsky
(Russian, 1817-1900)
Seascape

19th Century and British Impressionist Art

29 March 2023, 14:00 BST

London, New Bond Street

Sold for £101,100 inc. premium

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Ivan Konstantinovich Aivazovsky (Russian, 1817-1900)

Seascape
signed in Cyrillic and dated 'Aivazovsky/1898' (lower right); further signed and inscribed 'To Alfred Fedecki with deep respect from Aivazovsky, 1898' (on the reverse)
oil on canvas
38.5 x 30.5cm (15 3/16 x 12in).

Footnotes

Provenance
Private collection, Greece.

We are grateful to Dr. Gianni Caffiero who has inspected the painting and confirmed its authenticity.

Alfred Konstantinovich Fedetsky (1857—1902) was a prominent photographer and film-maker of Polish descent, who took numerous portraits of notable Russian people (Aivazovsky, Tchaikovsky and Ioann of Kronstadt, among many others) as well as members of the Imperial family. He was the personal photographer of Duchess Alexandra Petrovna of Oldenburg.

Working mostly in Kharkov, Fedetsky was also a pioneering cinematographer. He is mostly praised for his film 'The Grand Transfer of the Ozeryanskaya Icon from the Kuryazh Monastery to Kharkov, on 20 September 1896'.

The unmistakable 'transparent wave' for which Aivazovsky is famed greets the viewer in the foreground of the painting, the alluring turquoise of the frothing waters seemingly lit by a shaft of light penetrating the storm clouds. Beyond the illuminated wave, the eye is led to a ship's mast askew and a jolly boat with passengers, oars aloft. The parting of the thunderous clouds and the glimpse of blue sky revealed above heralds the calm after the storm.

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