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Dimensions: measurements 24 by 39 in. alternate measurements 61 by 99 cm
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Provenance: The Winter Palace Collection of Tsar Nicholas II, Russia
Hammer Galleries, New York
Alexander S. Chiger, New Jersey
Sale: Sotheby's New York, February 22, 1989, lot 185, illustrated
Acquired directly from the above by the present owner
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Literature: F. I. Bulgakov, I.K. Aivazovsky (Album for the 120th Exhibition of Paintings by Aivazovsky), circa 1895, illustrated
Shahen Khachatrian, Aivazovsky: Well-Known and Unknown, Samara, 2000, p. 150, illustrated
Gianni Caffiero and Ivan Samarine, Seas, Cities and Dreams: The Paintings of Ivan Aivazovsky, London, 2000, p. 129, no. 78, illustrated
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Notes: PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE COLLECTION
The present lot underscores Aivazovsky's talent for depicting the atmospheric qualities of the treacherous sea and man's struggle against nature. The sky appears heavy as the inclement weather approaches, and the angry waves fade from blue to white as they build upon one another, taunting the vulnerable ship and the men aboard. Ship in a Stormy Sea off the Coast once hung in the Winter Palace as part of the collection of Tsar Nicholas II, and it was later acquired by Armand Hammer. This lot is accompanied by correspondence from the Tretyakov Gallery and the Theodosia Gallery regarding its great importance.
