Photo exhibition with lots Sotheby's
 

Yesterday I was at the press conference Sotheby's.
Great impression on the prices and quality. People (journalists) came the sea, I have these press conferences have not yet seen. From Sotheby's, too, were the main people, headed by Lord Poltimorom - Chairman of the Board of Directors of Sotheby's Russia. This is the most significant exhibition in Russia. The crisis was happy and waiting for record sales.
It is true pictures - stunning.
I begin with the official part.
Man with a picture of Mikhail Kamensky - gen. director of Sotheby's Russia, Malevich is a lower estimate: $ 60 million. This is not a painting, and poster.

After the official speeches began informal communication and the opportunity to make interesting shots.

- The conversation of two men against two women. (Alex Rotter, head of Sotheby's contemporary art, left, with interpreter)
- In anticipation of big money. (Sonia Bekkerman, head of the Russian Department Sitbis)
- Joan Vickery (Director of Russian Art, London) tells about the painting "little market in Moscow," Makovsky. In her speech, she spoke Russian and called her "Tolkushka"
- Interview for three.
- Takashi Murakami series of paintings with the title "Sadness"
I noticed this very sad. I received a photograph with the name "invisible sadness removes the invisible photographer"
And even the current estimate is $ 1.5-2 million

Interesting shots Konstantin! Interview three, a series of "sadness". This is called a photographic look at things!

What do you think will be 100? Given that this is the last opportunity to buy in the history of Malevich's such a class (I remember that the heirs sued seven pieces of work, but this is one of the best).

And of course pictures.
Masterpieces they are masterpieces.
- Malevich "Supremacist Arrangement - 88h71 see - from $ 60 million
Since the picture was not alive, can not say anything about quality. Was a question from the audience where this price? Answered - at Sotheby's has information on multiple sales of similar Malevich at such prices.
- Grigoriev, "Shepherd" $ 2.5-3.5 million a beautiful, bright.
- Kandinsky Feoletovy - Green $ 1.8-2.5 million live a good, in the photo medium.
- Juan Gris "Guitar" $ 6.8 million
- Modigliani's "Portrait of a seated person, $ 18-25 million - a very handsome if I had the money - I would give without looking.
- Van Gogh "Gypsum statuette of $ 7.10 million - a very interesting work.
- Burliuk - discussed with you on the forum - good for my taste somewhat unusual.
- Baranov, Rosina "Reclining Nude" $ 0.6-0.8 million - very powerful.
- Magritte "black magic" $ 1.8-2.5 million

- Andy Uorhal "Statue of Liberty 1.5-2 million. $ To my taste - so yourself, either from shoes or from this freedom does not come any waves.
- John Karrin "It's nice and easy, 3.5-4.5 million $ - I looked at the picture I saw that the characters are in some sort of unnatural connection, but a pregnant friend at a glance that one of the pregnant women, too, and so dreamy and the second is whether happy or whether envies and that is why so holding hands, and one on the stomach.
- Munch "Vampire" - $ 30-40 million - a devilishly handsome and attractive. But at home to hang - God forbid. They just go out at night and wander out of the picture in search of victims.
- Lentulov "Bathers" $ 0.8-1.2 million
- Andy Uorhal "Shoes" $ 0.25-0.35 million

Do not give a portrait male. And what size Magritte?

Sotheby's
 

On Friday, he will see all live:)
certainly share my impressions

80x60 why is called "Black Magic"? It is not clear. The fact that breathes mystery - is yes. I saw several people taking pictures with it.

Because талантище:) And the work is interesting, go and live quite well.

  1, what a gorgeous Magritte! with boundless imagination was chelovechische ... That's his work, as indeed the creation of Tangi and Delvaux, you can admire the clock. they are so fascinating that it seems that you are in a different reality. Magritte knew how to combine the real with the surreal. In most of the work at first glance it seems that there is nothing special, and then look around and mentally likuesh of awareness of the artist's ideas. For this, and I love the surrealists - it's their work simply can not waft boredom ...

And Van Gogh, Munch, Kandinsky, and should be fantastic)) Run to watch today))

P.S. Yesterday was the pre-auction showing at Christies. Contrary to expectations, the strong things a little - Goncharova, Brueghel, and loosely Renoir .. Kandinsky was a bit of work, created in the transition to abstraction, so the estimate of 15-20 million is surprising. A similar situation with the works of Monet, who in the picture looks much better than live. About modern art, I generally keep quiet)) Why is the work of Bacon (for which I am very well) should be worth the 40 Brueghel (s) can not understand at all)) Well it's not logical)))

From Magritte feel strange. I agree that at first glance like anything special. No riot of colors. But next to him as you find yourself in cotton wool, the space of just thickens and somehow glohnesh. There was an interesting scene. Just a TV channel did a report, and the camera guy was leading against the backdrop of Magritte tried to say some words. Three consecutive attempts, he began to speak and stammering, heatedly rebuked the operator that he did not have time to run over and do something else. Then he got tired and left the camera and then walked away like smoke. Then I have another picture of them saw it kind of went ahead.

Incidentally the name of something, not the artist originally painted vampire. While looks and damned true.
"Actually, Edvard Munch himself described the painting simply as a picture redheaded woman kissing her lover in the neck, and the original title of the painting -" Love and Pain. "Association with the vampires came from one art critic who saw it on the show (he must have attentively read the novel by Bram Stoker's Dracula - vampires bite victim in the jugular vein, and not in the cervical spine). However, the name is firmly stuck to the picture "
Tatiana Markina article in Kommersant Weekend
http://kommersant.ru/doc.aspx?DocsID...amp;print=true

On top lots can still watch the video http://www.sothebys.com/video/privat...485/index.html