B.Kustodiev
 

Painting " cabby " painted by Boris Kustodiev from the collection of Peter Kapitza auctioned at Christie's for 7 million 23 thousand dollars, setting a new world record price of the artist . This was said in the auction house.

The painting, previously estimated at $ 2 million , was sold in just three minutes . The canvas has got a private buyer from Europe, to bid on the telephone.

" The driver " was written in 1923. The canvas was the main exhibit of the landmark exhibition of Russian art in New York in 1924. Of the 900 works of Russian artists of the brush 100 is this work was selected for the poster illustration of such an important historical event.

Later, " The driver " was exhibited in the most prestigious museums and institutions such as the State Russian Museum (1928 ) and the St. Petersburg Academy of Arts ( 1960 ).

The painting " The driver " was purchased from the artist's widow P.Kapitsey in 1936.

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Fechin sell well - Lot 71 portrait Podbelskaya

£ 2,057,250 ($ 3,277,199).

Fechin work - absolutely brilliant, appreciate Kustodiev, alas, can not.

It is unclear what happened to the great graphics Poppy Fields - judging by the fact that it is not left any one of a dozen works, their most likely removed from the auction at the last moment.

Me, I confess , a little surprised that there was no buyer for this wonderful thing Larionov. So magnificently blended in with her ​​still-life genre scenes ... Still life in the foreground completely " Larionov - Paris" , Hall populous cafe in delicate pink light - very nice , I think .

By the way, the work is done , it seems , from a good meeting and was put up for auction for the first time . Ie between the acquisition of the artist and the auction was in the same hands. It is, if I'm not confused. Now, unfortunately, did not check - information about unsold lot is available , apparently, for members only, and I saved a picture ...

In short , it is strange that it is not bought. Probably played a role, too unstable demand for Larionov and large range of prices , it does not seem too safe for investment. But why did not find a lover to the original picture?

Perhaps influenced by the fact that the picture painted on a tree? By the way , estimate , I think , was something like 180 000 - 200 000 $, actually not too small for Larionov this period.

No, but information on the unsold lots, disappears from the site of Christie's, as if he did not place them
at all.

Marassa, the information is only sold lots.

After the auction you can contact by letter or tel.zvonkom and make a proposal for a lot is not for sale.

as for Mac, it was removed for some formal reasons.
Something wrong was formalized

Maybe.
After such a " clean up " yet do not see the difference between the unsold lots just lack of interest and removed from the auction at the last moment . I have a pair of candlesticks in the same modernistic Kristi's out such incident - felt them alive for a day before the auction , leave absentee bid within the estimate , in the evening after the auction looked on the Internet - instead of hanging with the estimate of the sale price, which usually means that lot is sold. The next morning, all disappeared without a trace item from the site, and the link does not open. Surprised wrote them - say , removed from the auction.
And there was a slucháy : I saw on the site of a Canadian auction recently and are not sold to me an interesting picture with me to arrange the estimate . Wrote them - say, God , do not sell, the owner decided to hold until better times. My letter to the price or reduce the owner simply ignored.

Cabbies of all is clear - people again began to hide money in antiques

What is interesting as the heirs of the Kapitza This picture was taken in London

A "Cabbies", for example, no 100.

Rosokhrankultura received an export permit and removed.