A painting by Aivazovsky, taken from Russia more than a century ago, will be offered for sale in the United States - its value is estimated at $800,000.
In New York, the painting "Yalta Bay" by Ivan Aivazovsky, which has not been shown to the general public for many years, will be sold for the first time. The canvas, painted in 1896, was estimated at 600-800 thousand dollars (49.5-66 million rubles), reported the auction house Sotheby's.
After the 1917 revolution, the painting went abroad, and by the 1920s it was in a private collection in Norway. The landscape was later stored for decades in the New York gallery's warehouse in Old Russia. The canvas depicts Crimean Arabia: I-Petri rises in the distance, and in the center of the bay stands a ship waving the Russian Imperial flag.
The auction will take place on December 16. Alongside the painting, over 300 art objects will be sold, including Faberge products, icons and things related to the imperial family. The total estimated value of the collection exceeds 15 million dollars (1.24 billion rubles).