
Ivan Konstantinovich Aivazovsky (Russian, 1917-1900), View of Constantinople and the Bosphorus, oil on canvas is estimated at £1.2-1.8 million. Photo: Sotheby's.
LONDON.-Sotheby's Orientalist Sale will take place in London on Tuesday, 24 April 2012. Showcasing paintings, drawings and sculpture depicting Turkey, the Middle East, and North Africa, the auction will be led by masterpieces by the Russian artist Ivan Aivazovsky and the Turkish painter and polymath Osman Hamdy Bey. Comprising 33 lots, the sale is estimated to bring...
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