ST GEORGE DRAGON Wel.LISTD RUSSIAN ARTIST ICON PAINTING ZURAB TSERETELI GEORGIAN UNIQUE CHURCH/MUSEUM ENAMEL Start Price USD 13,500.00 Current Price USD 13,500.00 Time Left - Bid Count 0 Buy It Now Price - Reserve Price - Start Time Thursday, July 03, 2008 End Time Thursday, July 10, 2008 Location new york See more about 'ST GEORGE DRAGON Wel.LISTD RUSSIAN ARTIST ICON PAINTING' Description kuznetsov Store Your browser does not support JavaScript. To view this page, enable JavaScript if it is disabled or upgrade your browser.   Offered here a beautiful rare Icon painting of St George slaying a dragon!  in enamel on copper, made by well listed artist! well known master- Sculptor, Painter and Architect, President of the Russian Academy of Art Zurab Tsereteli! this is a large Icon which was made specially for church!Lot Provenance and Information:GeneShapiro Russian Art Auction, April 2008, lot #171 ( estimate $9,000-12,000) Please -only serious bidders! if you are new member of eBay or have 0 or neg. feedback I will cancel your bid unless you communicate  with me personally before the bidding!   You are having a very rare opportunity to get a beautiful Museum quality gem! fine St George slaying a dragon made in sparkling transparent enamel on copper technic in very large scale - it is 22" by 17 1/2" one piece! the piece is very heavy- consider shipping weight of atleast 15 lbs + packaging Painting depicts the biblical subject of  St George on a horse who came to bit the dragon and free up the princess of Silene ( the full story is below- scroll down!) Tsereteli made a whole group of enamel for church and this one I would consider one of the best in turms of subject/ color, contrast lighting and composition! Painting has been signed by the artist in LR by his initials- Z.T. I will include a lot of pictures of Artist works including his enamels from his site- and you are welcome to check his site too! Painting is dating circa 1970s  Condition: ENAMEL is in GREAT  condition- might be some crazing, but no chips, no repair- as you can seeit is all transparent and look great! This painting auction estimate ~ $15,000-25,000, though since his enameled  works not being auctioned - it is really hard to tell the real value- and it might be way more. Tsereteli has been listed in all major art sources, but since he mainly did large projects for cities/ churches/ subways and other public places and museums; not so many of his artwork were available for public sales and most of them are in private collections- passing the auctions as most of work done for special order. check the artist web page- it is  http://www.tsereteli.ru  and see the enamels there- you will love them! Tsereteli is listed in Askart ( all paintings sold for above $40,000) Artprice.   Zurab Tsereteli   Georgian painter, sculptor, architect and decorator Zurab Tsereteli is also President of the Moscow International Foundation for Support to UNESCO, the Russian Academy of the Arts, the UNESCO International Chair of Fine Arts and the International Center of Design. His work is consistently future-oriented, focusing on the beginnings of new international relations, new ideas and inventions. Zurab Tsereteli was designated Goodwill Ambassador in 1996. Highly active in the promotion of cultural and artistic projects, he organized a sales exhibition of his work on behalf of UNESCO projects and donated a sculpture, which now figures among the major art works exhibited at UNESCO Headquarters. Greatly concerned about the fate of children, he supports the construction of orphanages and recreational facilities. Biography of Zurab Tsereteli   Mr Zurab Tsereteli was born in Georgia   He was graduated from the Academy of Arts in Tbilisi   In 1978 Mr Tsereteli was Professor of Brockropt University (USA)   In 1988 he was Professor in the Russian Academy of Arts and he was also the President of the foundation for the Children's Park of Miracles in Moscow, Russia   In 1991 Mr Tsereteli was elected the President of Moscow International Foundation for supports to UNESCO created by himself   In 1993 he was elected the Vice-President of the Russian Academy of Creative Endeavors and the President of the International Center of Design   In 1994 Mr Tsereteli was elected the President of the International Academy of Information Science     The legend of St George and the Dragon: According to the Golden Legend the narrative episode of Saint George and the Dragon took place in a place he called "Silene," in Libya. There was no such place, the name being perhaps a corruption of Cyrene. The Golden Legend is the first to place this legend in Libya, as a sufficiently exotic locale, where a dragon might be imagined. A translation of the original text of Jacobus de Voragine is linked below. This town had a pond large as a lake where a plague-bearing dragon dwelled (hence why the dragon could be symbolic of the beast of revelation). To appease the dragon, the people of Silene used to feed it a sheep and a virgin every day, the virgin chosen by lottery.  It happened that the lot fell on the princess of Silene. The king, distraught with grief, told the people they could have all his gold and silver and half of his kingdom if his daughter were spared; the people refused. The daughter was sent out to the lake, decked out as a bride, to be fed to the dragon. Saint George heard of this state of affairs, and rode to the lake. The princess, trembling, sought to send him away, but George vowed to remain and fortified himself with the Sign of the Cross. (In the earliest version, where the dragon is more clearly a representation of paganism, or at least infernal power, the sign of the Cross itself was sufficient to defeat the dragon.) The dragon reared out of the lake while they were conversing. Saint George charged it on horseback with his lance and gave it a grievous wound. Then he called to the princess to throw him her girdle and put it around the dragon's neck. When she did so, the dragon followed the girl like a dog on a leash. She and Saint George led the dragon back to the city of Silene, where it terrified the people at its approach. But Saint George killed the dragon before them. They would have rewarded him richly, but he asked only that they receive baptism; in some variants, he tells them before the death not to fear the dragon but to be baptized.  The king and the people of Silene converted to Christianity. On the site where the dragon died, the king built a church to the Blessed Virgin Mary and Saint George, and from its altar a spring arose whose waters cured all disease.  Traditionally, the lance with which St. George slew the dragon was called Ascalon, named after the city of Ashkelon in the middle east. From this tradition, the name Ascalon was used by Winston Churchill for his personal aircraft during World War II (records at Bletchley Park), since St. George is the Patron Saint of England.   some auction results for Zurab Tsereteli works: TSERETELI, Zurab (1934) Still Life of Fruit and Flowers Auction result GBP 60,000 EUR 87,570 - USD 103,488 - GBP 60,000 Estimate GBP 40,000 - 60,000 Category Painting Medium Oil/canvas Date 01 Dec 2005 Location London (GB) Size 100x80.5 cm - ( 39 3/8x31 3/4 in) Auction house Sotheby's Dated 1986 Lot number 220 Distinguishing marks Initial. dated -86 Bas Droite Reproduction P. 255 of the catalogue      Spray of bright Flowers Auction result GBP 24,000 EUR 35,335 - USD 47,479 - GBP 24,000 Estimate GBP 20,000 - 30,000 Category Painting Medium Oil/canvas Date 31 May 2007 Location London (GB) Size 60x50 cm - ( 23 5/8x19 5/8 in) Auction house Bonhams Dated 2005 Abstract Composition Auction result GBP 18,000 EUR 25,042 - USD 37,138 - GBP 18,000 Estimate GBP 15,000 - 20,000 Category Painting Medium Oil/canvas/board Date 26 Nov 2007 Location London (GB) Size 49x39 cm - ( 19 1/4x15 3/8 in) Auction house Bonhams Dated 1991 Lot number 174 Distinguishing marks Initial. dated -91 Bas Gauche Reproduction P. 147 of the catalogue           Great care is taken in shipping, handling, and insurance, ( double box is a good habit of an old dealer). 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Thank you and Good luck!   Here is a picture of artworks by Tsereteli including big projects and enamels! below you can see the same St George in different color which is located in Museum of Tsereteli and possible to see on his website! below the huge enamel plaque panno for moscow subway station! enamel work again! here is the project of monumental sculpture in Jersey City- next to Statue of Liberty and Manhattan!   below you can see the church of St George by Tsereteli!   Gallery of Zurab Tsereteli- you can see lots of Icons in same technic of enamel work!   Title: Organ Grinder 22.24" x 18.11" Created: 1990 See all lots for this auction Oil/Canvas Signed and Dated Lot: 427 Auction House: MacDougall's Auctions Low Est.: $41,260  (£20,000) High Est.: $61,890  (£30,000) Sales Price**:  $54,670  (£26,500) 11/29/2007     Title: Still-life with book 19.29" x 13.15" Created: not given See all lots for this auction Oil/Board Signed Initials Lot: 170 Auction House: Bonhams Bond Street Low Est.: $41,390  (£20,000) High Est.: $51,730  (£25,000) Sales Price**:  $54,630  (£26,400) 11/26/2007   Title: A spray of bright flowers 23.50" x 19.75" Created: 2005 See all lots for this auction Oil/Canvas Signed Lower Left Lot: 121 Auction House: Bonhams Bond Street Low Est.: $39,570  (£20,000) High Est.: $59,350  (£30,000) Sales Price**:  $56,980  (£28,800) 05/31/2007     Your browser does not support JavaScript. 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