2 December 2015 Russian Art Auctions

2 December 2015

Artist Index / Full Catalogue


A Book of Portraits, including Anna Pavlova, Prince and Princess Obolensky and the Queen Consort Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon, Avant-propos by André Salmon, Berlin, Edition Ganymed, 1929.

75. SORINE, SAVELY (1878-1953)

A Book of Portraits, including Anna Pavlova, Prince and Princess Obolensky and the Queen Consort Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon, Avant-propos by André Salmon, Berlin, Edition Ganymed, 1929.

Folio, ten pages text, 36 lithographs, some colour, some signed and dated in plate, with printed tissue guards. The half title inscribed with a signed and dated “February 4th 1932” dedication by the artist. Number 65 from an edition of 300 copies.
2,000-3,000 GBP


Provenance: A gift from the artist to Wright Ludington, New York (inscription on the half title).

A Book of Portraits, including Anna Pavlova, Prince and Princess Obolensky and the Queen Consort Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon, Avant-propos by André Salmon, Berlin, Edition Ganymed, 1929.

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