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Painting artist Pirosmani sold at auction Sotheby's painting Georgian self-taught artist Niko Pirosmani "Arsenalskaya mountain at night," written early last century, sold at auction Sotheby's for $ 1.6 million, RIA Novosti reported. 19/04/2007

"It is still unknown who the buyer, but I hope that it has acquired some large museum and people will have the opportunity to see this work. The amount of solid enough" - said the director of the State Museum of Arts Gia MarsagishvIli, according to which the real value of a picture -- much more and is at least 7-8 million dollars.

He also noted that "this picture was not supposed to be sold for this price, especially given the current market prices. This work Pirosmani worth at least $ 7-8 million.

"Information on the sale of this painting was known to us at the level of gossip. A picture of the initial price was estimated at $ 300 thousand", - added Marsagishvili.

"This fabric has its own history. Painting" Arsenalskaya mountain at night "performed in 1908. In 1919 it was first exhibited in Tbilisi. This is stated in directories in 1926

I could not find the image of this painting.

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That's what we need, brothers. In the middle of the city that all was close, you need to build a wooden house, where we could gather. We buy a large table, a large samovar, we drink tea, drink a lot and talk about art "

Niko Pirosmani

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"On the eve of Easter, some good people treated Pirosmani in honor of the upcoming holiday. He went to his basement in good spirits, lay on the floor and fell asleep.'s Dream turned into unconsciousness. Only on the third day, the shoemaker heard a groan from the basement:" I was wrong. I I can not stand. "Shoemaker hired phaeton, another neighbor drove the artist to the hospital. He had been left in the waiting room with no documents, so the medical certificate he was held as a" man of unknown rank, poor man, who looked about 60 ":" ... in a difficult condition with swelling of the whole body, with a weak pulse, unconscious and in a few hours without regaining consciousness, died. "It happened May 4, 1918.

He was buried in the cemetery of St. Kukiyskom Nina, in the far corner, where they buried the homeless and "not remembering kinship.

Friend Yaksiev Bego, who returned to Tbilisi in a month, grabbed his head: "wai-me, what a misfortune, not our Nico. I can not believe that will not see it! .. And the grave is not found! "Then it was still possible to find.

I do not know how in Georgia and in Russia believe that God is especially merciful to those who died on Holy or Easter week. So, the Lord will rest in peace long-suffering soul Pirosmani. "I lived in Georgia master. He did not know happiness! "- Wrote about him Tabidze Titian."
 
T. MERZASHVILI and A. TROYANKER