Lot 306 · Post-War and Contemporary Russian Art from a Private Collection
Two Figures with Beetles
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- Estimate
- £80,000–£120,000 hammer ≈ $106,485–$159,727
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Sotheby's — Post-War and Contemporary Russian Art from a Private Collection, London · 1 December 2021
- Record ID
- TB-2026-4982579
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 6 Sep 2026 · source ↗
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Oleg Tselkov, Two Figures with Beetles. Sotheby's, 1 Dec 2021, lot 306. bought in (did not sell). TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4982579.
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Oleg Tselkov, Two Figures with Beetles. Sotheby's, 1 Dec 2021, lot 306. bought in (did not sell). TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4982579.
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From the same sale Post-War and Contemporary Russian Art from a Private Collection · Dec 2021
| Lot | Artist | Estimate | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Last Supper | Ely Belutin | £25,000–£35,000 | |
| Composition with a Broken Branch | Dmitry Krasnopevtsev | £30,000–£50,000 | |
| Liza | Vladimir Weisberg | £30,000–£50,000 | |
| Chicken in the Suburbs | Oscar Rabin | £20,000–£30,000 | |
| Little Crayfish | Dmitri Plavinsky | £10,000–£15,000 | |
| Still Life with Flower Pots | Dmitry Krasnopevtsev | £40,000–£60,000 |
Comparable results nearest sold works, same medium & price band
| Artist | Lot | vs. estimate | Result USD, incl. premium | Sale |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oleg Tselkov | Woman with Cat and Butterfly | $134,171 | Sotheby's, Dec 2021 | |
| Oleg Tselkov | Pipe, bière et écrevisses/ Pipe, beer and crayfish | Bonhams, Sep 2024 | ||
| Oleg Tselkov | oleg tselkov | woman and cat | Sotheby's, Jun 2019 | ||
| Oleg Tselkov | Still Life with Pot and Green Bottle | Sotheby's, May 2012 | ||
| Oleg Tselkov | Ladies | Sotheby's, Dec 2021 | ||
| Oleg Tselkov | Circus | Sotheby's, Nov 2016 | ||
| Oleg Tselkov | portrait with grapes, pear, plum and dragonfly, 1973 | Sotheby's, Apr 2007 | ||
| Oleg Tselkov | Person with fork | Christie's, Nov 2012 |
The closest sold results by price, artist, and medium — the appraiser's comp set, generated from the corpus. All figures converted to USD at current reference rates.