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Ivan Aivazovsky (1817-1900)
Lot 16 PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE GERMAN COLLECTION

Ivan Aivazovsky (1817-1900)

Stormy seas

Closed4 June 2018

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GBP 47,500

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Ivan Aivazovsky (1817-1900)
Stormy seas
signed with initial 'A' (lower right); further signed in Cyrillic and dated 'Aivazovskiy/1900' (on the reverse)
oil on panel
8 x 10 ¾ in. (20.4 x 27.1 cm.)
together with a letter signed by Vasilii Burtsev and dated 21 October 1929, Terijoki

with Avantso antique shop, 9 Bolshaia Morskaia street, St Petersburg.
Acquired from the above by Vasilii Evgen'evich Burtsev in 1902 (corroborated in Burtsev's letter dated 21 October 1929).
Acquired by the grandparents of the present owner in Helsinki circa 1930.