Russian week in London. May 2012.
 

Hello from London, where after 2 days will start auctions of Russian art. Preview Sotheby's and Christie's has confirmed the tendency to reduce the overall level of the proposed collections. By and large, simply select nothing, no masterpieces , most notably against the adjacent rooms , where preparing for the June auction Impressionists and modern art. There, too , of course, is not what it was 10-15 years ago , but still met gorgeous Magritte, good Kandinsky, Jawlensky , and Chagall, Gauguin is very interesting , well, something else . A Sotheby's in Russian at the place of honor hangs Tselkov , he , of course , a good artist, but still ... In general , to buy , it seems, will soon be absolutely nothing.
But looked at two interesting exhibitions of outstanding terrible painter Lucian Freud , after all its naturalism, so to speak, is not for everyone , and an exhibition of Turner , which in the opinion of the curators has been demonstrated that it was heavily influenced by Claude , the statement , in my opinion , a controversial , but a good show .

That's it. Dear qwerty, if you will be able to pay attention to representatives of Christie for the exposed stydobu , fake paintings by Burliuk , especially the horror called "Soldier " (Lot 89). Personally I am very Thanks, since the reaction menadzherov Christie zero.

Soldier has not seen , may have missed I do not know . And the flowers were quite decent .. seems to be

Just come from reception at Christie's . There were many people , the feeling is that most do not care that hangs on the walls and what will sell , the main thing to gossip and alcohol were a little more.

Even after a hearing in the case of Vekselberg , that's real interesting. The judge took two months to think about solutions ..

Tomorrow Makdugals and reception at Sotheby's , in Monday trading .. Good night .

It just seems to me that this is the bastard brother of a soldier no less bastard , " Sarian " as if P.Konchalovsky not sold in 2010 in Finnish Bukovskis ?

Yesterday a reception at Christie's . Who should talk - " Soldier" Burliuk removed. Receiving only remember one thing: how to write is a respected ABC of alcohol was enough , and offered ice cream snack . As you know, an hour in the ice cream was all : guests , sex , art, the employees themselves ...
Today was the reception of Sotheby's , ice cream was not, as there was no other meals , however, and the people were much smaller than last time . It seems Artinvestment.ru predictions regarding these trading realities are somewhat pessimistic ...

Held the first auction - Christie's , the results have pleased , everything was pretty brisk , and sometimes - even too much. Like the fight in the hall for the pyro Yakunchikova - from 15 to 85 000 pounds for a fight from the start Kiprensky 150 to end 600 000 pounds, inhuman battle of the two phones for the drawing by Bakst , rounded off to the figure of 800,000 , the battle for malipusku ( 22h17 ) Luba to 140,000 and 350,000 pounds of generously paid for Samghin Yakovlev. From the relative surprises: neuhod " Demon " Volkov (although "live" work was a lot weaker than it looks in the catalog ) and nyushki Serebryakova, for which he was in the room who wants to pay 650,000 , but it was not enough .
Well, still pleased with the sixties , of which sold out completely, including paying 55,000 pounds for a small not very highly detailed Krasnopevtseva , 75, 000 for good, but nothing more , Tselkova and 135 000 for no outstanding Weisberg .

I agree with the respected qwerty.
Watched live auction and was struck by how Serebryakovskaya nude and Spanish landscape Konchalovsky left on the lower estimate, while others have gained in value.
Well, Kiprensky not take into account ...
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That second auction - Sotheby's evening auction - behind. Of the 38 lots sold , 25 in general is not so bad , but ... Everything went once sluggish , much of the lots with difficulty reached the bottom estimeyta or reserve. I remember the hot battle for the first lot when your card Aivazovsky ( 22h17 ) with a 40,000 starting left for 230,000 pounds so incomprehensible struggle for a very average job Nesterova , which started with 100 , 000 and culminated in the figure of 350,000 pounds.
Spoke before the auction with knowledgeable people who say that Alexander Makovsky (Lot 12, a hammer - 180 000 pounds) and Kustodiev (Lot 33, a hammer - 290 000 pounds) made ​​a hop - by . This is not my topic , I do not know much about it , but I'd rather these people tend to believe more than Western experts auctions.
Oh, and I liked it at the previous auction of Christie's , which was not made ​​any movement ( ! ) On Burliuks , criticized on our forum respected OlegTsi, seems to read our forum , read ... <! - ~ 1 ~ ->

Sotheby's auctions were held daily . In general - not shaky or rolls , as some expected in the background of their collection. Impressed with the battle for Chelishchev catalog cover (Lot 161) , which started with 30 and culminating on the figure of 190,000 pounds, the combat between the two phones for the thumbnail ( 12h25 ) Roerich (Lot 180) from 13 to 52 000, many-sided battle ( in Hall 7 people , myself included , plus half a dozen phone numbers ) over the drawings Volkov (Lot 183) from 5 to 47,000 pounds , and of the mass ( 5 people in the audience) Battle for Tselkova (Lot 252) from 15 to 68,000 pounds.
Still pleased with the price of 42,000 pounds, which gave a little interest (in my opinion ) the work of artists unknown to me Krivolap (Lot 255).

 
In October 2011 at the tender Phillips de Pury & Co in London: his work is "horse. Night" was sold for $ 124.343.

 
Krivolap Ukrainian author