Maastricht Tefaf 2010
 

Maastricht Exhibition and Fair opened art Tefaf 2010. The works of art valued at $ 4 billion among them - "Madonna and Child with John the Baptist ($ 15 million) brush Sandro Botticelli, and a portrait of George Washington, created by Gilbert Stuart ($ 7.5 million)
Exhibition Catalog - http://www.tefaf.com/DesktopDefault.aspx?tabid=90

All greetings from Maastricht, which opened yesterday, the largest fair of art. Actually, yesterday was the so-called "thumbs" - the fair picture of its customers were invited, tickets were not sold, the official opening today. The people of yesterday - not overcrowded, three hours after the discovery of almost all the stands were actively covered with red dots - Prodan pictures, simply amazing how many sold in the first few hours.
Including the ending points impression: an offensive contemporary art, with each passing year it becomes more and more, and five years ago, it was not there at all. Today and repulsive sawn in half boar Hirst already marking next to Cranach and Brueghel, and idiotic glands Chamberlain scare away the Impressionists and old masters.
From our: late Mansurov on 65000, exquisite De Steel - 1,9 million,
good Lanskoy - 250 000, Chagall gouache on 500 000, Jawlensky and Kandinsky - plus 30%compared with the pre-crisis prices, Soutine never saw one casting Archipenko 1997 (!!!) - 250 000, and so on. In general, the crisis is not even memories.

qwerty, you can not add photos here work Archipenko who sold?
I understand if the owner of the gallery will allow you to shoot.

Looked directory, much like it.

Amazing picture Tiepolo, just enthusiasm!
Two Rembrandt, drawing and etching, is also fabulous.
Then Pizarro is a beautiful, wonderful Fantin-Latour, excellent Rothko.

Utamaro, of course, different wonderful little men of African and Asian descent, and my last great passion - anlyuminyury of medieval manuscripts.

But all that I see first hand next week when I'm in Maastricht - a closure.

Today looking sections of the old masters, and, for the first time organized in Maastricht, the graphics section. The schedule was struck by the price of lithography: 50-65 000 euros for the German Expressionists, had not followed this sector, but it seems that too much. Sonia Delaunay - 85 000 euros, I used to buy no more than 35 000 dollars, pencil portraits of Matisse's already on 200 000 (small) to 350 000.
In the old masters stunning Brueghel (400 000 - small, 2-3 million standard 50x70) and Cranach (from 400 tons to 6 million) in the world so many rich people, how can such masterpieces are on sale? Interestingly, in the old masters a lot of masterpieces, while in the twentieth century, there are almost none, and the new things (not previously known) was perhaps the only one De Stael.
Uriart, yesterday Archipenko - is well-known "A silhouette in space" 90-cm tall, there can not be photographed, but I think you know this thing, if not - go home and post it.

Miracles are out there with prices. Sotheby's gift turns out all the deals them last week, there is very good Polyakov from the collection of BAT gone for less than quite good at Lansky TEFAF .:) "Gouache Chagall in a week there will be a 200-300, and the work of Sonia Delaunay paper to choose from in NY from 3 to 15, with dollars.
Yes, and it would be good to compare to the end of the exhibition on how to change a job at the stands, it's silly because the sellers sit all week with the already sold works, but even with such a demand.

Here's something else in addition. Rothko, was so pleased with LCR sold approximately 3.5 million, a beautiful but small. In the same gallery Thomas Gibson Fine Art, was so pleased, I think, qwerty de Stael, landscape Agrigente 1953 offered one of the other 1.9 per 2.2 million :), Fleurs the same year over 1,7 million Landscape luxury no words, photography was not allowed, alas.
Munich Thomas, specializing in German Expressionist, no objection and they had more than a meter Munch and behold such a small and very nice Mac, sold for 275tys.

Customers actively reserved the work, and so the work of Kandinsky chose a modest American pensioner :) for 7.5 million and traded in the same gallery for absolutely no Renoir pastel to 3,1 million In the same gallery, Dickinson, Nolde watercolor 200 and 300 thousands, respectively, for 600tys bed Monet and Bonnard for delightful 700tys.

Nana looks cool! Stylish and businesslike. :)

Where, where, where?