This year, the most serious in the world fair of the old art and modernism TEFAF, which will be held in the Dutch Maastricht from 13 to 22 March, for the first time in 20 years there will be a gallery dealing with the art of the Russian avant - garde to participate in the fair invited the London gallery James Butterwick.
Its owner James Butterwick, art dealer and collector, has long been involved in graphics Russian avant-garde works of Alexander Bogomazov, but gallery in London opened only three years ago.
On its stand, he will sell the paintings and graphics of Alexander Bogomazov, the work of a pupil of Malevich Lazar Khidekel, graphics, Natalia Goncharova, Aristarkh Lentulov, Boris Grigoriev.
James Butterwick:
[QUOTE][FONT="Georgia"]I do Russian art in 1987, when I bought my first Russian film - Bakst at Sotheby's. Then for some time I lived and worked in Russia, and nine years ago has left and is now engaged in Russian art in London.
Of course, for me, the invitation to participate in the fair in Maastricht fantastic. For this fair, the main criterion is the provenance proved the origin of the painting, which guarantees its authenticity. So I took a few works Lazar Khidekel his heirs and selected paintings and graphics by Alexander Bogomazov, whose work in recent years specifically deal with impeccable provenance. For me it is very important that all went smoothly, with no scandals (which recently became associated art of the Russian avant-garde), so I had the opportunity to return to the TEFAF in the coming year and to my customers, too, came back to me. Some of the works that I'll take in Maastricht, already seen in Moscow - a small exhibition in the office of the Moscow Sotheby's and Antique shops. So what? I am sure that the Western audience wants to see good things Russian.
On the Russian art market is now falling, it's a fact. But on serious things prices hold. Can't complain: last year I sold a lot. The highest price of the graphics on my stand will be £700 thousand, this work Liubov Popova, and Lazar Khidekel, whom I consider an artist level Chashnik and Suetin, will cost from £60 thousand My goal is to return the high status of Russian art, to make it understood that it is possible to buy the Russian avant-garde at the right price and without riska@
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