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• Ruskin (J) Praeterita Outlines of
  Ruskin (J) Praeterita Outlines of Scenes and Thoughts, 2 vols., George Allen, 1886
• RUSKIN (J) MODERN PAINTERS
  RUSKIN (J) MODERN PAINTERS limited edition to 1000 copies five vols engraved plates 1/2 calf with cloth boards London Smith Elder 1873 Estimate ?100-150 Descriptions provided in both printed and on-line catalogue formats do not include condition reports. The absence of a condition statement does not imply that the lot is in perfect condition or completely free from wear and tear imperfections or the effects of aging. Interested bidders are strongly encouraged to request a condition report on any lots upon which they intend to bid prior to placing a bid. All transactions are governed by Gorringes Conditions of Sale.Sold for ?100
• Ruskin (J) The Stones of Venice,
  Ruskin (J) The Stones of Venice, Second Edition, 3 vols., 8vo., orig. cloth gilt, Smith Elder & Company 1858, bookplate of Margaret Miller Turnbull, with another volume
• RUSKIN WILLIAMS (AMERICAN,
  RUSKIN WILLIAMS (AMERICAN, 1888-1966), THREE SEASCAPES Each a watercolor on paper, each signed, matted and framed under glass.
• JOHN RUSKIN WORKSJohn Ruskin
  JOHN RUSKIN WORKSJohn Ruskin WorksRuskin, John; New York: John Wiley & Son,1869. 18 volumes, 8vos.; illustrations throughout; bound in publisher's 3/4 tan calf over marbled boards; gilt titles on red and blue morocco
• RUSKIN WILLIAMS (AMERICAN,
  RUSKIN WILLIAMS (AMERICAN, 1888-1966), SEASCAPE Oil on canvas, signed at lower right, framed.
• JOHN RUSKIN (ENGLISH, 1819 -
  JOHN RUSKIN (ENGLISH, 1819 - 1900) ORIGINAL PENCIL DRAW...DESCRIPTION: John Ruskin (English, 8 February 1819 – 20 January 1900) Original still life pencil drawing featuring fruit motif. Signed "John Ruskin" lower right corner. Framed. CIRCA: 19th Century. ORIGIN: England. DIMENSIONS: Frame is H: 18" W: 16". Art is H:11 1/2" W: 9 1/2". CONDITION: Good condition. See lot description for details on item condition. More detailed condition requests can be obtained via email (info@akibaantiques.com) or SMS (305) 333-4134. Any condition statement given, as a courtesy to a client, is only an opinion and should not be treated as a statement of fact. Akiba Antiques shall have no responsibility for any error or omission.
• TEN VOLUMES: JOHN RUSKINRuskin,
  TEN VOLUMES: JOHN RUSKINRuskin, John "Modern Painters", Second Edition, 1892 (Volumes 1-6); "The Stones of Venice", Fifth Edition, 1893 (Volumes 1-3); and "The Seven Lamps of Architecture", Sixth Edition, 1889 (1 volume) London and Sunnyside, Orpington: George Allen [10 total volumes] Condition:
• John Ruskin (English 1819-1900)
  John Ruskin (English 1819-1900) "A Weathered Dressed Stone in a Minimal Landscape" c. late 1830s/early 1840s graphite and white gouache on buff wove paper initialed "J.R." at right center 3 15/16 in x 6 3/4 in. (right edge irregular though with uniform traces of attachment: probably a page from a notebook); hinged to cream-colored mount 7 1/4 in. x 10 3/8 in. Provenance: James R. Lamantia Jr. New Orleans and New York. Exhibited: James Lamantia Drawing and Architecture Art Department Sophie Newcomb College Tulane University New Orleans 15-26 March 1965 no. 26. Note: This is manifestly an early drawing by Ruskin whose lifelong credo it was to examine meticulously every element of "Nature " by which he meant both the human and the natural environments. This sheet evidently from a small notebook of regular size may even have been a study for a finished drawing (fully signed with the initials in the same form as here and dated 1841) now in the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art Kansas City. That big sheet some three times larger in each direction depicts a distant view of the Aventine Hill in Rome from the Ponte Rotto on the Tiber; and-in Ruskin's panorama-the remnant of a Papal monument on the near shore is composed of dressed ashlar blocks some dozen of which are exactly synchronous with the one studied here and are even shown in the same perspective. (After an ill-fated Papal restoration in 1575 the Ponte Rotto finally collapsed in 1598 a date which accords well with the weathering of the block sketched here.) Even if Ruskin did not encounter this block in Rome-though a hint of the herbage around the base of the ruined Papal feature in the Kansas City drawing may well be the reason for the grass or weeds around the stone in this sketch-the date inscribed on the larger sheet when the artist was twenty-two years old accords remarkably well with the early drawing presented here. References: Roger Ward and Mark Weil Master Drawings from The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art St. Louis 1989 p. and pl. 56; Guida d'Italia Roma e dintorni Milan 1977 p. 464.
• JOHN RUSKIN, (9) VOLS., ART &
  JOHN RUSKIN, (9) VOLS., ART & ARCHITECTURE Uniform fine binding by Stikeman & Co. with leather spines and corners, marbled sides and endpapers, all edges gilt, includes: Smith, Elder and Co.: Modern Painters, Vols. I (1857), II, III & IV (1856), V (1860); Stones of Venice, Vols. I (1858), II & III (1853); and The Seven lamps of Architecture, 1855; 10"h x 7"w
• 26 Volumes of Ruskin's Works
  26 Volumes of Ruskin's Works Illustrated Cabinet Edition New York: Merrill and Baker ND circa 1900. 8vo 26 books hardbound in 3/4 leather with marbled boards and gilt decorated spines with red and green leather inserts on spines. Deckled edges with ruled gilt top edge. Interiors clean and bright.
• RUSSIAN SCHOOL (20th century).
  RUSSIAN SCHOOL (20th century). TWENTY MILES FROM MOSCOW signed in cyrillic lower right. Oil on canvas - Framed 19 1/2 in. x 35 in.
• Boris Riab (French/Russian,
  Boris Riab (French/Russian, 1898-1975) Two Watercolors: Studi
• Fine leatherbound books: Ruskin's
  Fine leatherbound books: Ruskin's Modern Paintings published 1878 Ruskin John. MODERN PAINTINGS (vol. 1-5). New York NY: John Wiley & Sons. (5vols) Provenance: Charlotte North Carolina private collection. Back    Inquiry      Previous Item   Next Item © Charlton Hall Auctions.  Images descriptions and condition reports used on this site are original copyright material and are not to be reproduced without permission. For further information telephone 803.779.5678     © 2012 CHARLTON HALL GALLERIES INC.
• ALEXANDER RUSAKOV (RUSSIAN
  ALEXANDER RUSAKOV (RUSSIAN 1898-1952)ALEXANDER RUSAKOV (RUSSIAN 1898-1952) Still Life with Flower and Apples , oil on canvas board 52 x 43 cm (20 1/2 x 16 7/8 in.) framed dimensions: 60 x 49 cm (23 5/8 x 19 1/4 in.) signed lower right
• RUSSIAN SCHOOL: WINTER LANDSCAPE
  RUSSIAN SCHOOL: WINTER LANDSCAPE Oil on canvas 27 x 41 in. bearing signature C. Stoiloff lower left.
• John Ruskin (British 1819-1900)
  John Ruskin (British 1819-1900) "Coastal Towns Below Cliffs" July 1852 graphite and sepia wash with blue and white gouache on heavily toned buff paper stamped "158" in black ink at upper right inscribed in pencil en verso in a bold mid-19th c. hand "John Ruskin" and "A 20399" in back ink 3 1/2 x 5 in. partially torn across upper left corner. Provenance: James R. Lamantia Jr. New Orleans and New York. Exhibited: James Lamantia Drawing and Architecture Art Department Sophie Newcomb College Tulane University New Orleans 15-26 March 1965 no. 27C. Note: This very charming tiny drawing shows the famous critic John Ruskin in a moment of acute and sympathetic environmental observation. Its view is a coastal scene recorded in the artist's sketchbook from the summer of 1852 of which James Lamantia in 1965 exhibited the sheets numbered 154 157 and 158: the torn upper left corner confirms this sheet's quick removal from that matrix. The abraded traces of adhesive at left and the associated holes for binding bear out such an everyday origin. The thin line of lighter paper at the very top is perhaps the relic of a mat which may once have overlapped the sheet; but since the same color change also extends irregularly beneath the abrasions on the left edge the greater likelihood is that Ruskin may have toned the sheet with a bistre wash as a naturalistic ground better calculated to show up the bi-chromatic gouache that he later applied to the skyline and water.
• RUSSIAN SCHOOL (20TH CENTURY), AN
  RUSSIAN SCHOOL (20TH CENTURY), AN IMPRESSIONIST LANDSCAPE AT SUNSET Oil on board, unsigned, presented under glass floating against a white linen lining and gilt frame.
• RUSSIAN SCHOOL, 20TH CENTURY A
  RUSSIAN SCHOOL, 20TH CENTURY A Commanding View indistinctly signed in Cyrillic (lower right) oil on canvas 87 x 107cm
• RUSSIAN SCHOOL, MANNER OF SHISKIN
  RUSSIAN SCHOOL, MANNER OF SHISKIN (20TH CENTURY) PAINTINGBearing signature, Shiskin. Oil on Canvas. 24.25 by 36 in.
• Boris Riab (French/Russian,
  Boris Riab (French/Russian, 1898-1975) Three Watercolors: Studi
• John Ruskin (British 1819-1900)
  John Ruskin (British 1819-1900) "A Cave Seen in Sunlight" and "A Cave Seen in Shade": a pair of drawings probably c. 1830s graphite watercolor and gouache on light buff wove papers (both sheets laid down) unsigned each 7 x 9 7/8 in. (both inscribed in a later hand en verso "17M"). Provenance: Joseph Arthur Palliser Severn (1842-1931) Brantwood Cumbria by 1900; Christie's London 24 October 1967 lot 13 (to Lamantia); James R. Lamantia Jr. New Orleans and New York. Cave in Sunlight Published: William R. Cullison III and James Lamantia An Eye for Architecture Tulane University Library (Southeastern Architectural Archive) New Orleans 1984 p. 25 no. 23. Note: One of the most important and influential critics of the entire 19th c. Ruskin was also a highly accomplished artist having been trained as a youth-especially in watercolor-by Copley Fielding (1787-1855) and James Duffield Harding (1798-1863; the latter had been a pupil of Samuel Prout [1783-1852] a near neighbor and lifelong idol of Ruskin's). The theme doubly presented here of grottos presented at different times of the day had been pioneered in various versions by Joseph Wright of Derby (1734-1797) showing Italian examples and following the precedent of such painters as Pietro Fabris (known active in Naples c. 1756-1779). These two dramatic and impressive sheets with their didactic aim of illustrating a similar but evidently landlocked natural feature in contrasting lights emphasize the fact that young Ruskin was an eager student of natural science especially of geology (and they were probably drawn in the English Lake District the northwestern home of the Fielding family). His watercolor studies of rock formations have always been judged particularly fine; and as Anne Lyles has remarked "Ruskin's drawings of mountains attempt something more than an intelligent grasp of geology.they seek to show the inner construction rhythms and tensions of form-to reveal in fact the underlying structural order of the natural world." After an enormously active lifetime of drawing and writing Ruskin withdrew in the late 1880s to his own Lake Country home at Brantwood on Coniston Water just a few miles from Windermere. There he was cared for by his cousin Joan Agnew Ruskin who in 1871 married the artist Arthur Severn; the Severns became the heirs of Brantwood and the owners of these drawings-which thus have an unbroken provenance directly from the artist himself. References: Anne Lyles and Andrew Wilton The Great Age of British Watercolours London and Washington 1993 pp. 85 138 308 320-321 pl. 164; Dinah Birch "Ruskin " Grove Dictionary of Art Jane Turner ed. 34 vols. London 1996 vol. 27 pp. 350-356; Marcia Pointon "Fielding " ibid. vol. 11 pp. 59-61; David Cordingly "Harding " ibid. vol. 14 p. 166; Scott Wilcox "Prout " ibid. vol. 25 pp. 661-662; Frederick Cummings and Allen Staley Romantic Art in Britain Philadelphia 1968 pp. 71-72 no. 30.
• After John Ruskin/Portrait of the
  After John Ruskin/Portrait of the Artist/head and shoulders wearing a cravat/colour lithograph, 22cm x 15cm
• Ruslan Gumerov (Russian
  Ruslan Gumerov (Russian Contemporary) "Autumn". Oil on canvas initialed in Cyrillic and dated '05 on the lower right corner. Framed in a carved wood gilt frame with stylized leaves decoration with linen liner overall approx. 20" x 24". Inscribed in Cyrillic verso.
• RUSSIAN SCHOOL (20TH CENTURY), AN
  RUSSIAN SCHOOL (20TH CENTURY), AN IMPRESSIONIST STYLE PAINTING OF CASTLE RUINS Oil on canvas panel, signed and dated "Chernov 70" to lower right, framed.
• GEORGE RUSSIN (AMERICAN 1910-2010),
  GEORGE RUSSIN (AMERICAN 1910-2010), MARKET SCENE, OIL ON BOARD, FRAME: 23 X 27 INGeorge Russin (American 1910-2010), Market Scene, Oil on Board, Frame: 23 x 27 in
• RUSSIAN SCHOOL: PORTRAIT OF A YOUNG
  RUSSIAN SCHOOL: PORTRAIT OF A YOUNG WOMAN Watercolor on paper signed in pencil.
• RUSSIAN SCHOOL (20TH CENTURY),
  RUSSIAN SCHOOL (20TH CENTURY), STILL LIFE WITH APPLES & FLOWERS Oil on canvas, signed at lower right, inscribed on the verso, presented in a contemporary gilt frame with linen liner.
• RUSSIAN SCHOOL, 20TH CENTURY Street
  RUSSIAN SCHOOL, 20TH CENTURY Street scene inscribed in Cyrillic and dated '1954' (verso) oil on board 44 x 35cm
• Victor Petrovich Kudrin (Russian,
  Victor Petrovich Kudrin (Russian, b. 1925) oil on canvas rural summer landscape signed lower right, and signed and titled verso in Cyrillic "A Warm Evening, 1991", 17 1/2"h x 28"w
• ELLIE FREUDENSTEIN (B. 1936); "
  ELLIE FREUDENSTEIN (B. 1936); " RUSKIN'S GARDEN"oil on canvas; signed lower left; titled verso; 20 x 24 inches canvas; 27 1/2 x 32 inches frame Condition:
• RUSSIAN SCHOOL, POSSIBLY E IVANOV
  RUSSIAN SCHOOL, POSSIBLY E IVANOV (20TH CENTURY) SUMMER DAY ON THE VOLKHOV, 1990 OIL ON BOARD: 13 3/4 X 18 3/4 IN.RUSSIAN SCHOOL, POSSIBLY E IVANOV, (20TH CENTURY) SUMMER DAY ON THE VOLKHOV, 1990, Oil on board: 13 3/4 x 18 3/4 in. Framed; lower right signed and dated; verso inscribed and dated Provenance: Estate of Ronald Sperling
• RUSSIAN SCHOOL (19TH
  RUSSIAN SCHOOL (19TH CENTURY)depicting a man leaning on a staff before a straw hut; 1883; oil on canvas; signed "P. Schnebelen", dated and inscribed "Moscow" lower left; 25 1/4 x 18 inches; 30 x 23 inches frame Condition:
• RUSSIAN SCHOOL (19TH CENTURY)
  RUSSIAN SCHOOL (19TH CENTURY) PAINTINGSt. John. Inscribed in Cyrillic lower right. Oil on Wood Panel. Measuring 22.5 by 18 in., framed 28 by 22.5 in. (Cond: restored)
• RUSS ELLIOT (AMERICAN 1932-)
  RUSS ELLIOT (AMERICAN 1932-) STILL LIFE Oil on canvas: 24 x 30 in. Framed: lower right signed: Russ Elliot
• RUSSIAN SCHOOL (20TH CENTURY)
  RUSSIAN SCHOOL (20TH CENTURY) PAINTINGSoldier and Farm Girl. Bearing signature Makovsky (Vladimir Makovsky, 1846-1920) Oil on Board. Measuring 7 3/4 by 8.25 in., overal 10.25 by 10.75 in.