Auction Closed
January 27, 03:44 PM GMT
Estimate
70,000 - 90,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
A pair of icons of the Archangels Michael and Gabriel, Pskღov Scꦆhool, 15th century
depicting each Archangel in full lengt♓h faci𒀰ng inwards over a yellow gesso ground
Archangel Michael 52 by 34cm, 20½ by 13⅜ in.; Archangel Gabriel 51.5ꩵ by 34cm, 20¼ by𝓀 13⅜ in.
National Museum Fund (name♊d as owner on NarKomPros label)
NarKomPros (People’s Committee for Enlightenment) no. 4826, lo🌺cated in Mertvyi Perulok 9, one hand written-label on the reverse of Archangel Gabriel (a similar sized label, in the same position, has clearly been removed from the reverse﷽ of Archangel Michael)
Tretyakov Gaꦰlle💃ry, painted inventory nos. 6192gtg and 6193gtg on reverse, Archangel Gabriel with label no. 108
Antiquariat, invoice nos. 18889 and 18890
The collection of George 𝓡R. Hann: this icon was sold by the Bolsheviks to George R. Hann in the 1930s, in whose collection they remained until his death in 1979 and the below sale
Christie's New York, The George R. Hann Collection: Part One, 17-18 April 1980, lot 87
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner
A. Avinoff, ‘The Story of Russian Icons’ in The Russian Orthodox Journal, July 1944, pp. 11-12, illustrated
H.P. Gerhard, Welt der Ikonen, Verlag Aurel Boꦰngers, Re𝄹cklingshausen, eds., 1957, plate, p. 131
H.P. Gerhard, Welt der Ikonen, Verlag Aurel Bongers, Recklingshausen, eds💦., 1963, pp. 138-139, illustrated
H.P. Gerhard, Welt der Ikonen, Verlag Aurel Bongers, Reckli🍷ngshausen, eds., 1974, p. 164, illustrated
Skrobucha, Von Geist und Gestalt der Ikonen, Verওlag Aurel Bon♚gers, Recklingshausen, 1961, plate, p. 39
Wallace et al., Rise of Russia, Gr♎eat Ages of Man Series, Time Inc., N🌠ew York, 1967, plate, p. 111
Exhibition catalogue, Carnegie Institute, Pittsburgh, Russian Icons and Objects of Ecclesiastical and Decorative Arts from the Collection of George R. Hann, 12 Jan - 22 Feb 1944, nos. 6&7, 💎p. 40, illustrated p. 48
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