The works of Ukrainian artists put up for auction Phillips de Pury & Co in New York along with the iconic portrait of Elizabeth Taylor.
May 12-13, 2011 in New York for the international auction Phillips de Pury & Co will be first put up for sale once the work of four Ukrainian artists - Anatoly Krivolapov, Oleg Tistol, Winnie Reunova and Igor Gusev.
For the first time the work of Ukrainian artist came to the U.S. auction in March 2010 - The film "Ararat-9 Oleg Tistol was sold at the thematic Salem« NOW: Art of the XXI Century »house Phillips de Pury & Co. 13 May of this year, the second part of the auction of Contemporary Art of the American Mission Auction Phillips de Pury & Co of four Ukrainian artists will be presented at American auctions, along with works by Andy Warhol, Roy Lichtenstein, Damien Hirst, Richard Prince, Vik Muniz, Michelangelo Pistoletto, Sam Taylor-Wood and other internationally renowned artists. "Breakthrough" on the U.S. art market - a great achievement for the Ukrainian modern art, because it was American playgrounds Phillips de Pury & Co, Sotheby's, Christie's and other auction houses, today considered the greatest in the world "- says Ukrainian art dealer Igor Abramovich , together with a gallery Black Square Gallery (Miami), and a gallery Dymchuk Gallery (Odessa), representing the Ukrainian artists at the May auction Phillips de Pury & Co in New York.
May auction of Contemporary Art house Phillips de Pury & Co - one of the most anticipated this year, because in the first part of the tender will be submitted to one of the main lots, the - the legendary work of Andy Uorhla Liz#5, a portrait of a bygone this year in the life of Elizabeth Taylor . Artwork exhibited in a private collection, before she was in a unique collection of art dealer Ileana Sonnabend Warhol. Organizers note that the portrait will be the first exhibit of the famous collection, which can be purchased at public auction. The preliminary cost of a portrait of the legendary actress is $ 20 million.
Also, in the first part of the auction will include: photo-print Cindy Sherman of its legendary project Film Stills, «willful Nurse by Richard Prince, an abstract masterpiece by Mark Rothko, the cult" Still Life with Mirror "by Roy Lichtenstein, as well as sculpture« LOVE »Robert Indiana - 5-th copy, one that since 1972, is one of the symbols of New York.
The auction will be held in two sessions - the first lot will be put up in 1951 for planning to help out a total of 85 to 120 million dollars. At the second will present 308 lots, the total amount of 8,5 to 12,1 million dollars.
Oleg Tistol
Oleg Tistol - "champion" of international auctions: the May auction Phillips de Pury & Co will be on display his 13th account work. In the West Tistol already nicknamed "Ukrainian Andy Warhol" for "pop-art'ovuyu" aesthetics of his paintings from the series "South Coast" ("Palm") and "Mountains". At this time in New York will be painting "Sea" (2010).
Anatoly Krivolap
At the February auctions in London Phillips de Pury & Co product Anatoly Krivolapov set a new record auction sales of Ukrainian art - his painting "Moon Over the River" was sold for $ 48,000, becoming the most expensive in the world of Ukrainian painting in the ratio "price - size". The initial cost of the paintings "The Steppe" (2009), exhibited at this time, is defined in $ 30,000 - $ 40,000.
Winnie Reunov
"Widely unknown" Ukrainian artist who has long been held in Moscow and London, currently living and working in Ukraine and actively asserting itself on the international art market. His work Press - Realise (2011) from the series "Live Broadcast" continues conceptual experiments Reunova on the verge of elite and mass cultures. The initial cost of $ 15,000 - $ 20,000.
Igor Gusev
A prominent representative of the South-Ukrainian (Odessa) school of painting, whose work was presented at the "historical" auction Sotheby's June 9, 2009 in London (the first international auction, which was attended by the work of Ukrainian artists), this time is a portrait of the odious character of Sasha Baron Cohen. Work Gusev Borat-Kazakhstan-Baikonur "(2010) has been previously estimated at $ 15,000 - $ 20,000.
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Phillips de Pury & Co
The history of the famous auction house Phillips de Pury & Co has more than two hundred years and boasts clients such as Napoleon Bonaparte, and events such as auctions at Buckingham Palace - an honor that was not honored more than any auction house in the world. Today the house Phillips de Pury & Co has offices in London, New York, Paris, Moscow, Geneva and Berlin and is one of the biggest players in the international art market with annual sales reaching $ 3.2 billion per year.
Text: Igor Abramovich
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