Zinaida Serebriakova

ebony locks

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Lovely hair, cascading like a smooth waterfall.

I want these postcards!

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I've never seen these before!

One-off Pastels

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Bettina Reihms

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Her photography:

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The first image is in the museum of Russian art in Minneapolis....we MUST go there next summer...Josh can drop me off there while he takes in a twins game.

Just found these: exhibit of Children paintings by Z.S.

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Patisserie in France

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1928

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Marrakesh

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This pictures was probably made during the 1920s, when she often painted dancers in their dressing rooms.

Sotheby's

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If only I had about 40 grand to burn...I'd go to New York and pick up this painting in April.

Director/Artist game

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I watched Fellini's Satyricon the other day, and decided that if Goya was reincarnated as someone, it was definitely Fellini. His images are so dark and disturbing. Especially in this film, the people seem filthy, yet decadently adorned. It reminded me of Goya's Black period-all those paintings done on the walls of his house that I have a hard time looking at. So Josh and I started comparing artists and film directors. It became a little game to match up the counterparts. I would throw out a director or artist's name...and sometimes the answer was so obvious we thought of it at the same time. For example, Velasquez...who else could make his paintings into art, but Coppola? Compare The Godfather and Las Meninas. Even the lighting is the same. So when Josh asked me what director fit with Serebryakova, the first one that came to mind was Richard Linklater. He uses natural light, beautiful settings, and ordinary life. , not to mention the attractive young people. Here are a couple pictures from one of my favorites, Before Sunset. Just to illustrate my point some more, here are two great artists:

Here is the Original

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See the Ebay copy below.

kiss of death?

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'When Alexis de Tiesenhausen started working at Christie's in 1984, Russian painter Zinaida Serebriakova used to be known as 'the kiss of death'. "A work by her would barely fetch the reserve or it wouldn't sell," says the Frenchman, of White Russian extraction, who now heads the auction house's Russian department. "Ten years ago, her female nudes would fetch, at the most, £6,000. But in April this year, we sold one for £1.2 million. And why? Because everyone wants her now."'
I found this interesting quote in an article here:http://www.theage.com.au/news/culturees/boom-goes-the-art/2006/12/18/1166290476003.html

I also liked this part:
'in 2004 the Zurich-based Art Culture Studio launched the Moscow World Fine Art Fair...[Fair] manager Crutchfield admits it's difficult for dealers to know who is on their stand. "In 2004, I met a lot of people and I had no idea who they were. We took their cards and it was usually their chauffeur's card or their bodyguard's card. But we find that the ones that buy [here] are usually not the ones who dress head to toe in brands and walk around with bodyguards."

It's a lesson that dealers in more established markets have also had to learn. Says Braxton: "We all know the story of Adriane, the Paris art dealer who, fed up with the scruffy guy who kept asking the price of everything in her store, said, 'Listen, you can't afford it so you should just go somewhere else'. As soon as he left, another dealer rushed in and said 'So how many deals did you make with Bill Gates?'"'

This Painting

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I just saw this painting on Ebay.Its being advirtised as an original by Serebryakova. I can't believe there are already 16 bids on it. It's a fine painting...but not a very good forgery. I wonder if any of the bidders are aware of the fact that this painting was sold at Sotheby's last year. I wish I could show them this picture:

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1924

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Autopoprtrait 1923-1924 Muee d'art Russe de Kiev

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This isn't the book I recently bought, although maybe I can own it one day. I love how pensive she looks in her self portrait on the cover. She was about 40 years old here, but doesn't seem at all 'middle-aged'.

Yekaterina Heidenreich 1923

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Le Siam Esuisse D'une Fresque de la Gare de Kazan 1916

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This Fresco was made to adorn the Kazan train station in Moscow.

good news...

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I just ordered an extremely rare book on Zinaida Serebrakova from Ebay. It should be arriving in a week or so. One sad thing is that I LOST the one and only book I did have on her...I think during my move from Chicago. I tried to order more from that website, but alas, they are on back-order. I really hope that they publish so I can get it again. There were a few pictures in there that I have not seen anywhere else ( on the internet or anything), and now I am Kicking myself for no scanning them for posterity. I guess part of the reason I'm so obsessed with this artist is because I have never actually seen any of her work in the flesh! I went to Minneapolis but then I found out about the Russian art museum AFTER I came back. Luckily, Josh loves the Minnesota Twins as much as I like Russian art, so I'll be there again...in baseball season.

more wonderful art

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