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Martiros Sergeevich Saryan
Estimate
180,000 - 220,000 USD
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Description
- Martiros Sergeevich Saryan
- October Day, 1953
- signed in Cyrillic and dated 1953 (lower left); signed and titled in Cyrillic, dated 1953 and inscribed 186 (on the reverse)
- oil on canvas
- 21 by 31 7/8 in.
- 53.3 by 81 cm
Provenance
Martiros Saryan Collection, no. 186
Sale: Christie's, London, October 10, 1990, lot 338
Catalogue Note
Martiros Saryan is one of Armenia's best known painters, and he is arguably one of the most important painters of pre-Revolutionary Russia. He studied under Serov and Korovin at the Moscow School of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, where his works exhibited a definite link to the Symbolism of his instructors and the Blue Rose group. His style rapidly evolved after his graduation, when he traveled in the Middle East and returned to Armenia, where he repeatedly depicted landscapes like Mount Ararat as seen from Yerevan.
As exemplified by these many depictions, Saryan was a painter of series, but each of his images is unique, for he never recycled the same palette or composition. When placed side by side, his paintings synchronize like notes of music, each reflecting an individual mood and a single moment in time. Saryan intended his art to facilitate thoughtful reflection, offering a means of spiritual cleansing otherwise found only in the harmony of nature.
As exemplified by these many depictions, Saryan was a painter of series, but each of his images is unique, for he never recycled the same palette or composition. When placed side by side, his paintings synchronize like notes of music, each reflecting an individual mood and a single moment in time. Saryan intended his art to facilitate thoughtful reflection, offering a means of spiritual cleansing otherwise found only in the harmony of nature.