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Rostropovich-Vishnevskaya Collection to Go to Putin’s Residence
Alisher Usmanov, who bought out Rostropovich-Vishnevskaya collection of Russia’s painting, arts and crafts at Sotheby’s even before the auction, will hand it over to Constantine Palace, the Leningrad region, that is called St. Petersburg residence of Vladimir Putin, RIA Novosti reported with reference to Usmanov’s statement made at the news conference October 1, 2007.
“I wanted to obey the will of Galina Vishnevskaya, who would like the collection to find its place in one of the palaces of St. Petersburg. I leant that one of the beautifully and recently rebuilt palaces, the Constantine Palace, has no collection of its own,” Usmanov said to explain the choice of the place.
Gazprominvestholding GD and Kommersant owner Alisher Usmanov bought Rostropovich-Vishnevskaya collection on September 18, 2007, on the eve of the Sotheby’s auction, having paid $72 million for 450 masterpieces. The collections includes furniture of 18th and 19th centuries, silver, china, art glass and canvasses by Valentin Serov, Karl Bryullov, Nikolay Rerikh, Boris Grigoriev.
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