A previously unknown painting by Ivan Aivazovsky "The Bay of Yalta" will be auctioned at Sotheby's in New York as part of the sale of part of the collection of an ancient Russian gallery.
The canvas belongs to the late Crimean landscapes of the artist, the width is about a meter, the signature and date on the back are preserved, but there is no stretcher. Estimate: 600-800 thousand dollars.
The work was taken out of Russia before the 1917 revolution or shortly after it. In the 1920s it was in a private collection in Norway and then stored in a gallery warehouse for decades.