Russian Pictures
Russian Pictures
Property from the Sorine Family Collection
Sergei Yurievich Sudeikin
Paradise
Auction Closed
December 1, 03:47 PM GMT
Estimate
30,000 - 50,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
Property from the Sorine Family Collection
Sergei Yurievich Sudeikin
1882 - 1946
Paradise
gouache over pencil with gold paint and collage on paper laid on canvas
Canvas: 106.5 by 81cm, 42 by 32in.
Framed: 114 by 89cm, 43¾ by 35in.
Collection of Savely Abramovich Sorine
Thence by descent to Anne Sorine, the artist’s niece
Thence by descent to the present owner
Thence by descent to Anne Sorine, the artist’s niece
Thence by descent to the present owner
The present work comes from the collection of the family of Savely Sorine, who was close friends with Sergei Sudeikin and his wife Vera. The two artists first met in Petrograd where Sudeikin rented an apartment next to Sorine’s studio. After the outbreak of the 1917 Revolution, both artists moved to Yalta, which offered a secure refuge from the riots and social unrest in the capital.
The present work possibly dates from this early post-revolutionary period when Sudeikin was living in Crimea, Tiflis and Baku. Combining various elements from Orthodox Christian iconography and Middle Eastern mythology, the composition is thought to relate to a theatrical production from this period. In her diaries Vera Sudeikina mentions a series of sketches and preparatory studies for a play titled Seventh Heaven (Sed’moe nebo), which were included in an exhibition in Yalta in 1917. Sudeikin’s notes from that period also mention a project for Seventh Heaven. According to these notes, the content of the play was both philosophical and erotic.
The present work possibly dates from this early post-revolutionary period when Sudeikin was living in Crimea, Tiflis and Baku. Combining various elements from Orthodox Christian iconography and Middle Eastern mythology, the composition is thought to relate to a theatrical production from this period. In her diaries Vera Sudeikina mentions a series of sketches and preparatory studies for a play titled Seventh Heaven (Sed’moe nebo), which were included in an exhibition in Yalta in 1917. Sudeikin’s notes from that period also mention a project for Seventh Heaven. According to these notes, the content of the play was both philosophical and erotic.