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Alessio Issupoff
Estimate
80,000 - 120,000 GBP
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Description
- Alessio Issupoff
- Forest Lake
- signed in Cyrillic and dated 1913 l.l.; further signed and titled on exhibition label on the reverse
- oil on plywood
- 62 by 153cm, 24 1/2 by 60in.
Provenance
Acquired directly from the artist by Vladimir Fransovich Maistrakh (b.1869)
Thence by descent to his granddaughter, Nadezhda Andreevna Maistrakh (1928-2012)
Acquired from the above by the present owner
Thence by descent to his granddaughter, Nadezhda Andreevna Maistrakh (1928-2012)
Acquired from the above by the present owner
Exhibited
Moscow, 34th Exhibition of the Moscow School of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, 1913, no.458
Literature
34th exhibition of the Moscow School of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture exhibition catalogue, no.458
Condition
The panel appears sound, slightly warped. The paint surface is slightly dirty. The panel has fine short hair-line cracks with associated spots of paint loss throughout. UV light reveals a number infilling scattered throughout. Held in a wooden frame. Unexamined out of frame.
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"In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective, qualified opinion. Prospective buyers should also refer to any Important Notices regarding this sale, which are printed in the Sale Catalogue.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF BUSINESS PRINTED IN THE SALE CATALOGUE."
Catalogue Note
The present landscape is from a series of works the artist produced after a trip to the Southern Urals and is among the finest from the artist's early pre-emigration period to come to auction. The series was exhibited at the 34th exhibition of the Moscow School of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, though the whereabouts of the majority of pieces from the series is currently unknown. In this rare surviving landscape, Issupoff transforms a forest lake into a mysterious and almost mystical scene; the figure of the fisherman is dwarfed by the surrounding wilderness, the tree trunks, ancient overhanging branches and deep blue pool, lending a fairy-tale atmosphere to the composition. Other works from the series share similarly elongated dimensions.
Between 1912 and 1914 Issupoff undertook a number of trips along the Volga, through Central Russia, the Urals, Crimea and Caucasus. Issupov never returned to these themes in his later work, and his only Russian landscapes date from this period. A work titled Lesnoe ozero is listed in the XLII Itinerant exhibition, which took place in Moscow and St Petersburg between 26 December 1913 - 16 February 1914.
We are grateful to Tatiana Goryacheva for her assistance cataloguing this lot.