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拍品專文
Princess Maria Tenisheva (1867-1928) was a famous artist, collector and important patron of the arts in Russia. She is perhaps best remembered for founding the artistic settlement on her estate of Talashkino, near Smolensk, which was to become one of the most important artistic centers of Russia in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
The present lot reflects Tenisheva's fascination with enameling techniques and Neo-Russian design elements. In 1907, an almost identical chest was first exhibited by Princess Maria Tenisheva at the Salon de Printemps in Paris. It was also exhibited in Brussels, La Libre Esthtique, March-April 1911; London, Royal Albert Hall, The London Salon of the Allied Artist's Association, July 1908; Prague, Salon Topich, Enamel, Tapestries, Glass. Maria Tenisheva, Ory Robin, Zdenka Braunerova, October-November 1909.
According to Jesco Oser, the only differences between the exhibited chest and the known chest are the color of wood and the lock. In the photograph from the catalogue published in the 1920s, the original chest by Tenisheva appears red in color and has a lock suspending a pearl pendant. J. Oser asserts, however, that the original photograph predates its publication in the 1920s, when many photographs were re-touched. It is also possible that the original pearl pendant could have been lost, which suggests that the present lot could be the exhibited chest (J. Oser, Mir Jemalei Kniagini Marii Tenishevoi, Moscow, 2004, pp. 84-85, illustrated p. 85; appendix 2, p. 153, no. 23).
The present lot reflects Tenisheva's fascination with enameling techniques and Neo-Russian design elements. In 1907, an almost identical chest was first exhibited by Princess Maria Tenisheva at the Salon de Printemps in Paris. It was also exhibited in Brussels, La Libre Esthtique, March-April 1911; London, Royal Albert Hall, The London Salon of the Allied Artist's Association, July 1908; Prague, Salon Topich, Enamel, Tapestries, Glass. Maria Tenisheva, Ory Robin, Zdenka Braunerova, October-November 1909.
According to Jesco Oser, the only differences between the exhibited chest and the known chest are the color of wood and the lock. In the photograph from the catalogue published in the 1920s, the original chest by Tenisheva appears red in color and has a lock suspending a pearl pendant. J. Oser asserts, however, that the original photograph predates its publication in the 1920s, when many photographs were re-touched. It is also possible that the original pearl pendant could have been lost, which suggests that the present lot could be the exhibited chest (J. Oser, Mir Jemalei Kniagini Marii Tenishevoi, Moscow, 2004, pp. 84-85, illustrated p. 85; appendix 2, p. 153, no. 23).