Crow Art Partnership Auction Bidders Gasp as Aivazovsky Painting Reaches $1.6 Million Vs. $300,000 - $500,000 Estimate!

Dallas, TX: Heritage Auction Galleries auctioned over $4 million of fine art and collectibles at its Crow Art Partnership auction held on Saturday, October 13, at the Dallas Anatole Hotel's new Stemmons Ballroom. Headlining the auction was the sale of Russian artist Ivan Konstantinovich Aivazovsky's Pushkin at the Water's Edge which sold for a total of $1.61 million. The auction of this particular painting was advertised extensively in Russia by Heritage, and was ultimately purchased by a telephone bidder from Moscow, who stretched to outbid a half-dozen other serious phone and Internet bidders, including at least one bidder's representative from Russia who was present at the auction. Painted by the Crimean artist known for his magnificent seascapes, Aivazovsky actually met the iconic Russian poet Alexander Pushkin early in his career and admired the man as a Russian hero, including Pushkin in many of his works. In Pushkin at the Water's Edge, Aivazovsky depicts Pushkin sitting by the sea admiring his wife, a woman he fought and died for, defending her honor in a duel many years before this painting was completed in 1886.

Among many other paintings and decorative pieces owned and displayed by the Crow Art Partnership in many of its Dallas buildings were Marc Chagall's Fleurs et Couple which sold for $448,125 including the buyer's premium. An impressive collection of Danish artist Bjørn Wiinblad's ceramics, tapestries and paintings also were sold, many of which were once prominent at such Crow landmarks as the Anatole Hotel and Dallas Trade Mart. Wiinblad's famous sculptures of The Gossips, seen for years by Dallas residents at the Anatole, sold for $71,700 including the buyer's premium. A wide range of Croatian art collected over many years was purchased by collectors and museums from the middle-European countries and will be taken back to be displayed in the lands where they were created.

An Egyptian sarcophagus, circa 1000 B.C., sold for $119,500 including buyer's premium. The sarcophagus stands six feet and is in the form of a woman, with a multi-stranded necklace and red cross-over mummy braces, the rest of the body and sides painted with numerous divinities and wings, all on a yellow background.

Heritage Auction Galleries is the world's third largest auction house and is increasing its presence in the fine art market, especially with the success of the Crow Art Partnership auction today. For further information, including images, contact Kelly Norwine at 214.409.1583.

Ivan Konstantinovich Aivazovsky (Crimean, 1817-1900)
Pushkin at the Waters Edge
1886
Oil on canvas
Signed and dated to the lower right
31 x 40-1/2 inches (78.7 x 102.9 cm)
REALIZED: $1,613,250

Marc Chagall (Belarussian/French, 1887-1985)
Fleurs et couple, circa 1948-52
Gouache, pastel, pen, brush and India ink on paper laid
down on canvas
25-1/4 x 19-1/2 inches (64 x 49.5 cm)
Signed at lower right: Marc Chagall
REALIZED: $448,125

An Egyptian Sarcophagus
Egyptian
21st Dynasty, Circa 1000 B.C.
Painted carved wood
71 inches high
REALIZED: $119,500

BjØrn Wiinblad (Danish, 1918-2006)
The Gossips
20th century
Four Bronze sculptures
Signed
67 x 39 inches (170.2 x 99.1 cm) (each)
REALIZED: $71,700

Five Important Bronze Figures: Herauts d'Armes
Guillaume de Groot (1839-1922), Brussels, Belgium
19th century
Bronze, marble
Unmarked
49 inches high x 22 inches wide
REALIZED: $38,837

A Pair of Bronze Busts Depicting Othello and Desdemona
Cast by Fratelli Galli, Florence, Italy
Late 19th century
Bronze on wooden pedestals
Marks: inscribed on back Filli Galli/Firenze
36.5 inches high
REALIZED: $38,837

Two Massive Porte Cochere (Carriage Porch) Lanterns
Unknown maker, France
Circa 1820
Brass, sheet metal, gilt, with acrylic lenses and glass globes
62 inches high
REALIZED: $38,240

Patrick Hughes (British, born 1939)
Open Book
20th century
Oil on board
Signed and titled on reverse
43 x 82-1/2 x 16 inches (109.2 x 209.6 x 40.6 cm)
REALIZED: $38,240

Florence Elliot White McClung (American, 1894-1992)
Morning Mail
Circa 1941
Oil on canvas
Signed at lower left: F. McClung
20 x 24 inches (50.8 x 61.0 cm)
REALIZED: $35,850

Raphael Coronel (Mexican, born 1932)
Suenos Antiquos VI
1966
Oil on canvas
Signed and dated on reverse
49-1/2 x 49 inches (125.7 x 124.5 cm)
REALIZED: $35,850

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