Subasta 24 Auction No. 24. Old and Rare Books and Prints. Russian Books.
Por Kabinet Germany
5.12.23
Kabinett Auktionshaus, Carmerstr. 11, 10623 Berlin, Alemania

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LOTE 96:

Lot of three books relating to the collection of George R. Hann.

Vendido por: €360
Precio inicial:
360
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€400 - €500
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5.12.23 en Kabinet Germany
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Lot of three books relating to the collection of George R. Hann.
1. Russian Icons and Objects of Ecclesiastical and Decorative Arts from The Collection Of George R. Hann. George R. Hann, Andrey Avinoff, Carnegie Institute. Department of Fine Arts. Pittsburgh: Carnegie Institute Press, 1944. 253 × 185 mm.
Copy from the Metropolitan museum of Art (deaccessioned), library binding.
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2. Catalogue. The George R. Hann Collection. Part One. Russian Icons. Ecclesiastical and Secular Works of Art Embroidery, Silver, Porcelain and Malachite. New York: Christie's, 1980. 260 × 202 mm.
3. Teteryatnikov V.M. Icons and fakes. NY; St. Petersburg: Foundation for the Support of Humanitarian Knowledge, 2009. 144 p.; 216 × 150 mm; Limited edition. 500 copies only.
In April 1980, Christie's sold in New York at a public auction for three million dollars a collection of Russian icons by the American industrialist George Hann. It was argued that the icons come from the collection of the Tretyakov Gallery. The press marked this event as "the sale of the century". Russian restorer and art critic Vladimir Teteryatnikov, who before his emigration from the USSR served as the head of a department at the All-Union Institute of Restoration, argued that the best items in this collection were fakes. Christie's tried to stop the publication of his exposé book by accusing the author of defamation and went to court. The court of New York allowed Teteryatnikov to publish the book "Icons and fakes".