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Art collection of Rostropovich to belong to Russia · 2007-09-19 11:56
The art collection of famed cellist Mstislav Rostropovich is being returned to Russia after a Kremlin-friendly tycoon Alisher Usmanov paid more than 25 percent above the estimated price in a surprise deal announced on the eve of its auction.
Alisher Usmanov said Tuesday he will present it to the state in full, RIA Novosti informs.
“The entire collection will be transferred to the state in full. It belongs to Russia and to the Russian people,” Usmanov said in a statement late on Tuesday.
The billionaire’s statement followed a number of doubts as to whether Russia would receive the collection. Marina Loshak, of the Proun Gallery in Moscow, and advisor to Sotheby’s Russia and CIS office chief on the collection, said earlier in the day that the collection would definitely remain with Usmanov, and that “there is no talk of it being presented to the state.”
The collection was built up by Rostropovich, who died in April, and his wife, soprano Galina Vishnevskaya, after they left Russia in 1974. It was intended to create a “Russian atmosphere” in their homes abroad.
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