All that will be discussed below, is not an attempt to inflict reputational damage Mr. Eugene Shapiro. It provides a platform for the sale of art objects and is not responsible for their authenticity!
Georgian_Art
1.Otkuda took these pictures (lots 403 and 404)? I understand that for various reasons the seller would want to hide your name, and it is normal practice. But as they hit the U.S.? From what country? If out of Georgia, which is likely, in what way? Was it an export permit from the department for the export of cultural property? If the pictures were in the states of Russia, which is also possible, for legal export permit must be similar? If I'm wrong, correct me? If such references exist, then why are they hiding? I assure you that such a paper on the work of the Soviet period Lado Davidovich can be obtained by passing a certain procedure.
For example, in which I personally doubt that these pictures for a long time, perhaps, with the "dashing ninetieth" in the U.S.. But in this case is surprising, why is it that they were exhibited in the New York Art Club (The National Arts Club) only in 2011, exactly to the sales in the November auction auction Gene Shapiro! Normal, the usual practice? Promotion before the auction ...? Find pictures of the famous artist in the attic of an old house - the dream of every collector and just normal people who care about fine arts. But it's a miracle! "Dig" a hitherto unknown painting! During his life and was posthumously released a significant amount of catalogs and albums Lado Gudiashvili. Despite the exclusion of the Communist Party, the artist has never been banned. Who withheld from us, these two great works the 60s ...? That's interesting to me!
2. The absence of an external (I think that they say in the U.S. and Britain?) Certificate of authenticity. To my knowledge, the authenticity of these paintings has been confirmed by one expert remotely from Paris. Why are not experts in laboratories Grabar, the Tretyakov Gallery, GOSNIIR Finally, the commission of the Ministry of Culture of Georgia (where there is a wealth of comparative material on the Soviet period of creativity Gudiashvili)? Assume that no self-respecting judge of these research centers have not agreed to evaluate the pictures from a distance, which certainly does them credit. Suppose there was neither time nor resources to invite these experts to the United States or to send pictures to Moscow and Tbilisi? But what is interesting: since 2008, and by 2010 almost all the works attributed Gudiashvili brush and put up for auction the largest Russian auctions, certificates were provided with visual expert assessment of individual critics, but to the subject under discussion is not even similar attributions. Lord, even private, independent experts are afraid to communicate with the painting!
2.Estimeyt: $ 20000-30000. In my opinion, for the impressive size of originals too understated indicative prices. In Tbilisi, where the antique market is in its infancy, pictures Lado Davidovich with good provenance exhibited in the salon at prices three to four times the above mentioned! You say that because they are valued so highly that they have for an outstanding provenance. And here - what is the provenance, and are estimeyty! So in fact almost the main bias against some antique things is that it underestimated the price in time of peace!
4. (Subjective, very subjective). Well, it does not seem all on hand to brush Gudiashvili!
And if these doubts and arguments do not work, then delete my post!
Dear Sirs, buy genuine work of Lado Gudiashvili. Check the provenance!
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