IVAN KONSTANTINOVICH AIVAZOVSKY (RUSSIAN 1817-1900) A Calm Morning on the Sea, oil on panel 38 x 30.2 cm (15 x 11 7/8 in.) signed lower left PROVENANCE Collection of a Shanghai-based Russian emigre until circa 1950 Acquired from the above by the father of the present owner during the 1950s in Nice, France thence by descent in the family PLEASE NOTE If you will be bidding live on auction day, please note that Session I of the Auction (Russian Fine & Decorative Art), starts at 10:00 AM New York Time and goes from Lot 1 through Lot 234. Session II of the Auction (European, American and International Fine & Decorative Art) starts at 2:00 PM New York Time and goes from Lot 500 through Lot 657. We sell approximately 70 lots per hour.