In the Tretyakov Gallery has no funds for the acquisition of masterpieces Polenov
 

At the Tretyakov Gallery has no funds for the acquisition of masterpieces Polenov

MOSCOW, October 24 - RIA Novosti, Maria Ganiyants. Paintings Vasily Polenov "guilty of death" (1906) and "Who among you is without sin" (1908) who, after a two-week exhibition at the Tretyakov Gallery sold at Bonhams auction Russian in London, are unlikely to be purchased for the National Gallery of the high cost, said RIA Novosti on Monday deputy director on scientific work of TG Lydia Iovleva.

The exhibition of two paintings Polenov belonging to the evangelical series, which he considered "the chief work of her life," exhibited for the first time in Russia. Polenov famous for its wonderful scenery as well as paintings on Christian themes. The value of his works, which are not often appear at auction, have long crossed the million mark.

"The Gallery of funds to purchase these paintings there, our sponsors, such as VTB, only recently have spent a considerable sum for the purchase of works of Ge, we can only reserve fund is the president of Russia, but its all part of the tear" - explained Iovleva, adding that as Typically, patrons buy for up to one million dollars.

The picture was, "Who among you is without sin" was estimated at 1.2-1.8 million pounds, and "guilty of death" in the 600-800 thousand pounds. These works are included in the series "From the Life of Christ", consisting of sixty paintings. Results are stored in the Tretyakov three paintings and several sketches of the series.

According to the deputy director of the gallery is not the first pre-auction exhibition at the museum.

In 2007, Christies auction showed a massive canvas Vereshchagin "Wall of Solomon" in the hall of the artist in a couple of weeks, and when he was shot, according to Iovleva, visitors to the gallery shouted: "Do not give a picture, let the whole world the skins". But to chip did not work: painting Vasily Vereshchagin "Wall of Solomon" was purchased for $ 3.6 million, only slightly higher than the lower bound estimate, among the possible buyers was called Viktor Vekselberg.

The agency interlocutor added that the price of the work in the Tretyakov Gallery exhibition, influences, but only slightly. The main thing that gives the "environment" - an opportunity to once again confirm the authenticity of the lot.

However, with the provenance of works in Polenov all right: they participated in the famous New York exhibition of Russian art in 1924, and there they became an industrialist, philanthropist and diplomat, the Russian art lover Charles R. Crane.

"Crane was a frequent visitor to the Russian Revolution, and there is speculation that he was in the 80s of the XIX century was the exhibition of the Wanderers at the Russian Museum, which demonstrated a large-scale canvas Polenov" Christ and the Sinner (who is without sin?) ". Perhaps, therefore, seeing the work of the Gospel Series Polenov in New York, Crane bought them because I remembered that picture, "- said on Monday Russian director of the Department Bonhams auction house Elena Harbik.

According to her, Crain, realizing the true value of purchased items, did not hide them from the public, and presented the North American universities, which puts them at auction.

In addition Polenov at a London auction going under the hammer pictures by Aivazovsky, Nicholas Roerich, Luba, and works of applied art, including a large quantity of the work of Faberge.

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