Moscow gallery owner, began a lawsuit because of modern artists

[SergeiSK]

Of the revolution, the founder and owner of Moscow Gary Tatintsian Gallery, filed suit in the Supreme Court of New York against the New York gallery Luhring Augustine Gallery. The amount of the claim, as reported by Bloomberg, is 3 million. Tatintsyan trying to secure the return of money paid for paintings by George Condo and Richard Prince.
In April 2008 Tatintsyan actively exhibited and sold in Russia modern art, Luhring Augustine agreed with the purchase of 12 new works by George Condo. Each of the paintings would have cost him 225 thousand dollars and the total amount of the contract amounted to 2,7 million dollars. In July 2008 the first New York gallery has received from Moscow's million-dollar advance, with the remaining funds were to be paid during the year. At the same time the first agreement had been changed: in the new conditions, gallery Tatintsian would have to get two pictures Kondo every two months. To pay for the first income was to be used in advance. But in Moscow, work and did not come.
Counsel Luhring Augustine Gallery, according to Bloomberg, said that the owner of a Moscow galleries in the summer of 2009 refused to accept it sent five paintings and did not even look at them. " ARCHIVE claims that he sent too late to work and not the same.
The petition Tatintsian also stated that he paid $ 2 million Luhring Augustine for a painting by Richard Prince. Terms of the transaction was the purchase of a discounted price - 196 thousand dollars - the work of Christopher Voula. Painting Voula in Moscow and did not come. Lawyers Luhring Augustine Gallery say that agreement on a deal with the works of Prince, and Voula was not.
Tatintsyan argues that worked with the Luhring Augustine Gallery a few years and bought in the gallery of works of art by more than 10 million dollars.
George Condo was in demand after 2005: the demand for it was dictated by buyers from Russia and the influential New York collectors. In May 2008, at Phillips de Pury auction is one of the paintings went for the Kondo 1,05 million dollars (a record for the artist). Summer 2008 Tatintsyan exhibited in Moscow of the Condo.
(Lenta.Ru)

[Meister]

Сообщение от SergeiSK

Tatintsyan argues that worked with the Luhring Augustine Gallery a few years and bought in the gallery of works of art by more than 10 million dollars.

something like can not believe it! be too much!

[fross]

Сообщение от Meister

something like can not believe it! be too much!

Why did you order for 12 works Condo not surprised?

[Черномашенцев Владимир]

Sergey, what kind of picture you put up?

What kind of colorful candy wrappers?

[SergeiSK]

Сообщение от Chernomashentsev Vladimir

Sergei, what kind of picture you put up?

What kind of colorful candy wrappers?

This is it - "old style and primitive painting"

[Черномашенцев Владимир]

Yes, great and mighty Russian language!

[ранжер]

Сообщение от Chernomashentsev Vladimir

Yes, great and mighty Russian language!

And SergeiSK-his master, Chrysostom.

[Черномашенцев Владимир]

Сообщение от ranzher

And SergeiSK-his master, Chrysostom.

And who has sent submission!

[Meister]

Сообщение от fross

Why did you order for 12 works Condo not surprised

not surprising, because he has not once in the gallery saw more than 30 works by "old style and primitive" artist)))) and they with the ability to sell Tatintsian apart rather quickly! and, of course, expensive! ))

[vadim]

I lost something at all.
In the picture, what is there?
And it still costs money.
I climbed to understand