Mikhail Shvartsman Paintings & Artwork for Sale | Mikhail Shvartsman Art Value Price Guide

Apr. 17, 2022
SHVARTSMAN MIKHAIL (1926-1997) MOSCOU TEMPERA SUR PAPIER (CONTRECOLLÉ SUR UNE TOILE) SIGNÉ, NOMMÉ «
Est: €9,000 - €12,000
SHVARTSMAN Mikhail (1926-1997) Moscou Tempera sur papier (contrecollé sur une toile) Signé, nommé « Moskva » et daté « 57 » en bas à gauche 93 x 65 cm. 1957 Exposition : Non objective, Mimi Ferzt Gallery, New York, 13 December 2007 – 11 Janvier 2008. Provenance : collection privée, Paris. ШВАРЦМАН Михаил (1926-1997) Москва Бумага (наклеена на холст), темпера Подпись и дата «57» слева внизу, название справа внизу 93 x 65 см 1957 год. Выставка: Non objective, Mimi Ferzt Gallery, Нью-Йорк, 13 декабря 2007 – 11 января 2008. Провенанс: Частная коллекция, Париж
Osenat
Jan. 29, 2022
Mikhail Shvartsman, Flying Zion, 1974.
Est: $3,000 - $5,000
Shvartsman, Mikhail (Russian, 1926-1997). "Flying Zion." 1974. Ink on paper. Sight: 17 1/2" x 13 1/2". Frame: 27" x 23".
Quinn's Auction Galleries
Mar. 21, 2020
MIKHAIL SHVARTSMAN (RUSSIAN 1926-1997)
Est: $5,000 - $7,000
MIKHAIL SHVARTSMAN (RUSSIAN 1926-1997) Before Lent from "Sacred Truth" Series, 1978 color pencil on paper 29.5 x 21 cm (11 5/8 x 8 1/4 in.) signed, dated and titled on verso
Shapiro Auctions LLC
Nov. 25, 2019
SHVARTSMAN, MIKHAIL (1926-1997) Krepost Glavy
Est: £70,000 - £90,000
SHVARTSMAN, MIKHAIL (1926–1997) Krepost Glavy signed twice with a monogram, inscribed in Cyrillic “Moskva” and dated 1978 and 1987, also further signed twice, once with a monogram, inscribed “Moskva/verkh”, titled twice, numbered “34” and dated on the reverse. Tempera and gesso on board, 107 by 107 cm. Provenance: Acquired directly from the artist by the previous owner. Russian Art, Sotheby’s New York, 16–17 April 2007, lot 518. Important private collection, UK. Literature: I. Shvartsman, D. Gorokhov, E. Barabanov, N. Fedorova (eds), Mikhail Shvartsman, St Petersburg, Palace Editions, 2005, p. 175, illustrated; p. 378, No. 169, illustrated and listed. Krepost Glavy is one of the most celebrated paintings by Mikhail Shvartsman, coming from an important, highly regarded European collection of Russian art. Executed over the course of a whole decade (1978–1987), the composition dramatically represents the artist’s creative quest during a crucial period of his life, as well as the atmosphere of intoxicating intellectual ferment marking the nonconformist environment in which it was produced. Like most of the paintings that Shvartsman called “hieratures” (from the Greek epos, hierós — “sacred”), Krepost Glavy was conceived as an image-sign combination, a figure representing a constant divine presence. Shvartsman saw the mission of his art as lying in messianism, and he thought that the function of his creations was to convey the sacred principle. Therefore, he fashioned his hieratures as a stratification and interaction of numerous biomorphic and mechanistically abstract forms and figures. Forming a complex colour and plastic structure, such compositions were, according to the artist, suggestive of intellectual and spiritual semantic contexts, since they summoned up allusions primarily to icon painting, both because of their names and the gesso and tempera technique used, and because they expressed images and signs of the “other” world that were sacred to the artist. Works by Shvartsman such as Krepost Glavy have come to be a symbolic monument to the creative explorations undertaken by the nonconformist artists of the late 1970s and 1980s, as well as an iconic expression of them.
MacDougall's
Apr. 18, 2019
Mikhail Matveevich Shvartsman Untitled. Untitled Painting by Mikhail Matveevich Shvartsman , dated 1977. 29 3/4" x 25"
Est: $8,000 - $12,000
Untitled Painting by Mikhail Matveevich Shvartsman , dated 1977. 29 3/4" x 25"
The Popular Auction, LLC
Feb. 23, 2019
MIKHAIL M. SHVARTSMAN RUSSIAN 1926-1997
Est: $1,800 - $2,400
Composition, 1982, oil on board, 24 1/2 x 17 1/2 in (62.2 x 44.5 cm), signed and dated lower left
Trinity International Auctions & Appraisals, LLC
Jun. 06, 2018
SHVARTSMAN, MIKHAIL (1926-1997) - White Herald
Est: £40,000 - £60,000
SHVARTSMAN, MIKHAIL White Herald signed and dated 1963, also further inscribed in Cyrillic "freska", titled twice and dated on the reverse. Tempera and gesso on canvas, laid on board, 62.5 by 52.5 cm. Provenance: Acquired directly from the artist’s studio by the present owner in Moscow in 2006. Private collection, Europe. Exhibited: Mikhail Shvartsman, Painting and Graphic Art, Ludwig Forum for International Art, Aachen, 14 March-25 April 2009. Literature: Mikhail Shvartsman, St Petersburg, Palace Editions, 2005, p. 363, No. 37, illustrated and listed. Exhibition catalogue, Ye. Petrova (ed.), Mikhail Shvartsman. Painting and Graphic Art, St Petersburg, Palace Editions Europe, 2009, p. 16, listed; p. 17, illustrated. Related Literature: For similar works, see Mikhail Shvartsman, St Petersburg, Palace Editions, 2005, p. 363, Nos. 38-40 and 42, illustrated and listed; p. 364, Nos. 43, 44, 47 and 49, illustrated and listed.
MacDougall's
Jun. 05, 2018
MIKHAIL SHVARTSMAN | First Hierature
Est: £50,000 - £70,000
tempera and gesso on wood
Sotheby's
Jun. 06, 2017
MIKHAIL SHVARTSMAN | Rotation
Est: £30,000 - £50,000
tempera and gesso on canvas laid on board
Sotheby's
Dec. 16, 2016
Mikhail Matveevich Shvartsman. Russian
Est: €30,000 - €35,000
Mikhail Matveevich Shvartsman. Russian (1926 1997). 'Untitled'. signed lower right. dated 1977.
JS Auktionen
Nov. 29, 2016
MIKHAIL SHVARTSMAN | Exit
Est: £40,000 - £60,000
tempera and gesso on board
Sotheby's
Nov. 29, 2016
MIKHAIL SHVARTSMAN | Past Incarnations
Est: £40,000 - £60,000
tempera and gesso on wood
Sotheby's
Oct. 10, 2015
MIKHAIL MATEEVICH SHVARTSMAN RUSSIAN 1926-1947
Est: $2,000 - $4,000
Composition, oil on canvas, 25 x 23 1/2 in (63.5 x 59.7 cm), signed lower left, dated 1969
Trinity International Auctions & Appraisals, LLC
Jun. 14, 2014
MIKHAIL MATVEEVICH SHVARTSMAN RUSSIAN 1926-1997
Est: $1,000 - $2,000
"Untitled, 1977 oil on masonite (double sided painting) , 25 x 29 5/8 in (63.5 x 75.4 cm) , signed lower right, dated 1977 , PROVENANCE: From a private collector in NJ
Trinity International Auctions & Appraisals, LLC
Mar. 29, 2014
MIKHAIL SHVARTSMAN (RUSSIAN 1926-1997),
Est: $2,000 - $3,000
MIKHAIL SHVARTSMAN (RUSSIAN 1926-1997), 'Metamorphoses Cycle. No. 9', 1971, limited edition lithograph 1/20, page size 36.7 x 28 cm (14 1/2 x 11 in.); plate size 30 x 21 cm (11 5/8 x 8 1/4 in.) , signed and in plate lower right, edition 1/20 in pencil lower left , LOT NOTES: produced in Hanover, Germany. The original work is in collection of the Shwartsman Heritage Art Foundation sponsored by Russian State Museum. LITERATURE: Mikhail Shvartsman, State Russian Museum, Almanac, Edn. 111, Palace Editions, St Petersburg, 2005. #445 in catalog, ill. 193.,
Shapiro Auctions LLC
Oct. 05, 2013
MIKHAIL MATVEEVICH SHVARTSMAN (RUSSIAN 1926-1997)
Est: $30,000 - $50,000
"Untitled", 1977, oil on masonite, 29 5/8 x 25 in (75.4 x63.5 cm), signed lower leftt, dated 1977
Trinity International Auctions & Appraisals, LLC
Nov. 29, 2011
MIKHAIL SHVARTSMAN
Est: £50,000 - £70,000
1926-1997 ROTATION incised with signature in Cyrillic l.l. and t.l.; further signed and titled in Cyrillic, inscribed Moskva and dated 1987 on reverse oil and levkas on board 100 by 75cm, 39 1/2 by 29 1/2 in.
Sotheby's
Nov. 29, 2011
MIKHAIL SHVARTSMAN
Est: £6,000 - £8,000
1926-1997 VARIANT signed in Cyrillic l.m. graphite and coloured pencil on paper 28 by 19cm, 11 by 7 1/2 in.
Sotheby's
Jun. 07, 2011
MIKHAIL MATVEEVICH SHVARTSMAN
Est: £40,000 - £60,000
MIKHAIL MATVEEVICH SHVARTSMAN 1926-1997 MILKY WAY signed in Cyrillic l.l., further signed, titled and inscribed in Cyrillic and dated 1972 on reverse levkas and tempera on panel and canvas 100 by 75cm., 39 1/4 by 29 1/2 in.
Sotheby's
Jun. 06, 2011
Mikhail Shvartsman (1926-1997)
Est: £40,000 - £60,000
Mikhail Shvartsman (1926-1997) Ieratura signed in Cyrillic and dated 'Shvartsman 1973' (lower left); further signed in Cyrillic, inscribed in Russian and dated 'Mikhail Matveevich /Shvartsman/b. 1926/Moscow/"Ieratura 1973"' (on the reverse) tempera on gesso-prepared canvas laid down on board 39¼ x 29½ in. (100 x 75 cm.)
Christie's
Nov. 30, 2010
MIKHAIL MATVEEVICH SHVARTSMAN
Est: £25,000 - £35,000
MIKHAIL MATVEEVICH SHVARTSMAN 1926-1997 UNTITLED signed and dedicated in Cyrillic and dated 1989 along the left edge tempera on paper 61 by 85.5cm., 24 by 33 3/4 in.
Sotheby's
Nov. 30, 2010
MIKHAIL SHVARTSMAN
Est: £60,000 - £80,000
MIKHAIL SHVARTSMAN 1926-1997 HABITAT signed with incised signature in Cyrillic l.l.; further signed and titled in Cyrillic and dated 1989 on the reverse oil and levkas on board 100 by 75.5cm., 39 1/4 by 29 1/2 in.
Sotheby's
Nov. 29, 2010
Mikhail Shvartsman (1926-1997)
Est: £80,000 - £120,000
Mikhail Shvartsman (1926-1997) White herald signed in Cyrillic and dated 'Shvartsman/1963 Mikhail' (lower centre); inscribed in Russian and dated 'HERALD/(WHITE)/1963/WHITE HERALD FRESCO' (on the reverse) tempera on gesso-prepared canvas laid down on board, unframed 19¾ x 19¾ in. (50 x 50 cm.) Sold with a copy of the 1994 Tretyakov gallery catalogue 'Mikhail Shvartsman Zhivopis Risunok', the 1997 Gallery Dom Nashchokina catalogue Mikhail Shvartsman, an invitation to the opening of Shvartsman's 75th Anniversary exhibition at the Russian Museum and copies of the 2001, 2005 and 2009 Palace Editions books on Shvartsman.
Christie's
Nov. 22, 2010
SHVARTSMAN, MIKHAIL (1926-1997): Oil on canvas. Abstract composition.
Est: $3,500 - $5,000
SHVARTSMAN, MIKHAIL (1926-1997): Oil on canvas. Abstract composition. Signed in cyrilic, dated 1973 lower right. 30 x 30."
Braswell Galleries
Jun. 09, 2010
MIKHAIL SHVARTSMAN
Est: £4,000 - £6,000
MIKHAIL SHVARTSMAN 1926-1997 UNTITLED signed in Cyrillic and inscribed Mosk in Cyrillic l.r. coloured pencil on paper image size: 29.25 by 20cm, 11 1/2 by 8in.
Sotheby's
Apr. 23, 2010
Mikhail Schvartsman
Est: £25,000 - £35,000
THIS WORK HAS BEEN WITHDRAWN
Phillips
Apr. 23, 2010
MIKHAIL SHVARTSMAN
Est: £50,000 - £70,000
Envoy Signed in Cyrillic 'SHVARTSMAN' lower left. Signed, titled in Cyrillic and dated 'MIKHAIL SHVARTSMAN 1982 ENVOY' on the reverse.
Phillips
Jun. 09, 2008
Mikhail Matveevich Shvartsman , 1926-1997 Sailing ship oil on canvas laid on board
Est: £50,000 - £70,000
signed in Cyrillic and dated 1975 t.l.; further signed, dated, titled and inscribed Moskva in Cyrillic on reverse oil on canvas laid on board
Sotheby's
Nov. 30, 2007
SHVARTSMAN, MIKHAIL 1926-1997 Untitled signed and
Est: £8,000 - £12,000
SHVARTSMAN, MIKHAIL 1926-1997 Untitled signed and dated 1966.
MacDougall's
Nov. 27, 2007
f - Mikhail Matveevich Shvartsman, 1926-1997 , Ieratura oil on canvas mounted onto panel
Est: £25,000 - £35,000
signed in Cyrillic l.r.; also signed, titled and inscribed in Cyrillic and dated 1970 on reverse oil on canvas mounted onto panel
Sotheby's
Nov. 26, 2007
Mikhail Matveevich Shvartsman, 1926-1997 , Serenity mixed media on board
Est: £50,000 - £70,000
signed in Cyrillic l.l., also signed and titled in Cyrillic and dated 1988 on the reverse mixed media on board
Sotheby's
Apr. 17, 2007
Mikhail Shvartsman , Krepost' glavy, 1978-1987
Est: - $204,000
tempera on canvas mounted on board
Sotheby's
Apr. 16, 2007
Mikhail Shvartsman , Krepost' glavy , 1978-1987
Est: $80,000 - $120,000
tempera on canvas mounted on board
Sotheby's
Feb. 15, 2007
MIKHAIL MATVEEVICH SHVARTSMAN, 1926-1997
Est: £40,000 - £60,000
YAROE OKO [AVID EYE] 100 by 75cm., 39¼; by 29½in. signed and titled in Cyrillic and inscribed 1966-1972 on reverse oil on canvas PROVENANCE The Collection of George Costakis EXHIBITED Thesaloniki, State Museum of Contemporary Art , Soviet Alternative Art 1956 -1988 from the Costakis Collections, 7 June - 10 September, 2006 LITERATURE Ye. Barabanov, I. Shvartsman et al. (Eds.), Mikhail Shvartsman, St. Petersburg: Palace Editions, 2005, Cat. No. 108, pp. 110-111, 371, ill. plate 22 (incorrectly titled Paternal Structure) Maria Tsantsanoglou (Ed.), Soviet Alternative Art (1956-1988) From the Costakis Collections, Athens, 2006, p.155 (illustrated and incorrectly titled Mecca) NOTE During the 1970s several of Russia's non-conformist artists were experimenting with abstraction, and one of the most significant of these was the Jewish-Russian painter Mikhail Shvartsman. Even as early as the 1950s he had set out to devise a coherent system in which to express his personal spiritual experience, a space where his religious thinking could meet with artistic experience. He did not take part in the underground exhibitions of his contemporaries, choosing to work alone and actively eschewed his identity as an artist, preferring instead to be called a 'hierat' a name he took from the Greek word 'heiros', meaning holy or sacred, as well as priest. Shvartsman usually worked in oil on panel, which he would inscribe on the reverse with elaborate Cyrillic calligraphy reminiscent of Old Church Slavonic, perhaps suggesting comparison between his work and the Orthodox religious icon for its role as gateway to the divine. In fact, Shvartsman took pains to discourage such academic interpretation as he viewed his art as a product of genuine personal spiritual experience and therefore saw his works as vehicles for transmitting pure religious experience in the present. The subject matter of his works falls into two main categories, that of geometric abstraction (architectonics) and the heads of mediaeval heralds, whose elongated features resemble masks, or the faces on Greek and Russian icons, such as in the offered lot. Shvartsman's sensitivity to colour is particularly striking. The present lot is typical for its muted palette of violet, brown, green and blue, whose subtle tones resonate and glow. In such works the artist as visionary points us towards a higher state of consciousness, meditation and finally transcendence. The offered lot was acquired directly from the artist by the famous Greek collector of Russian avant-garde and nonconformist art, George Costakis in the 1970s.
Sotheby's
Nov. 28, 2006
MIKHAIL MATVEEVICH SHVARTSMAN, 1926-1997
Est: £40,000 - £60,000
MORNING ROAD 102 by 77cm., 40 by 30½in. signed in Cyrillic l.l.; signed and titled in Cyrillic on reverse and dated 1978-87 mixed media on board LITERATURE E. Barabanov, I. Shvartsman et al. (ed.), Mikhail Shvartsman, St.Petersburg: Palace Edition, 2005, ill. No. 157 NOTE Mikhail Shvartsman is considered to be one of the founding fathers of Unofficial art in Russia. He has never been part of the mainstream, rather his paintings have evolved as a conscious rejection of the official subjects of Socialist Realism. Born in Moscow in 1927, Shvartsman graduated from the Moscow School of Art in 1956 with a degree in monumental art. Ten years later he accepted the invitation to head the department of graphic art at the Light Industry Bureau of Designers where he oversaw the production of logos for hundreds of Soviet factories. However, his passion lay elsewhere, in mystical abstract paintings he called 'hieraturas', derived from the Greek word hieros, meaning sacred. In fact, icons influenced the most important elements of Shvartsman's artistic technique from the use of gesso and tempera to the layering of old images over new ones. Shvartsman's unique approach also reflects a myriad of other influences including French Post-Cubist art, the art of Vasily Kandinsky and Michael Vrubel as well as elements of heraldry, and Old Russian wooden fretwork. Stylistically, Morning Road is characterised by wide and light vertical lines and asymmetrical composition, which emphasises the idea of metamorphosis. As Ilya Kabakov commented: The impact of his [Shvartsman's] 'canvases', 'countenances', and 'architectural fantasies' was completely captivating, hypnotising.
Sotheby's