Paul Gauguin at Christie's

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Painting by Paul Gauguin "Still Life and l'Esperans" written in memory of Vincent Van Gogh, valued at 10 million pounds sterling (15,4 million dollars), wrote on January 8 The Daily Telegraph. This canvas, which are in private collections and exhibited in 1989, Gauguin wrote in 1901 in Tahiti.
The painting depicts sunflowers - a frequent theme in the works of Van Gogh (in particular known for painting in 1888 "Vase with 12 Sunflowers" stored in the Neue Pinakothek). The first paintings of sunflowers, Van Gogh began to write in Arles, where they are with Gauguin shared a house in the summer of 1888. One of the paintings adorned the bedroom walls of Gauguin.
Auction Christie's, which must be sold to a still life, held on 9 February in London. As a representative of the auction house told news agency AFP, 10 million pounds - the upper bound estimate, but the picture may be sold and more expensive. According to her, Van Gogh was not the only source of inspiration for Gauguin, also in the picture you can find traces of the influence of Edgar Degas.
In total, according to Bloomberg, at Christie's auction will feature 78 lots, the total estimated cost of 108.7 million pounds (169 million dollars). The most interesting lots, in addition to Gauguin, Georges Braque still life declared and landscape Andre Derain.
(Lenta.Ru)

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They sell a museum by Monet and Bonnard to Kees Van Dongen.
Several Picasso, including a rare 1901.
Sold a large-Goncharov

100h84, score 3,8-5,3 million

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Painting of Paul Gauguin "Still Life and l'Esperans" written in memory of Vincent Van Gogh, did not find a buyer at auction in London Christie's, which was held on Wednesday, February 9.
Gauguin's canvas, which is nowhere to be exhibited for 15 years, was considered the top lot of the auction. Its expected to sell for about 10 million pounds sterling (16,1 million dollars).
The most expensive lot in the past auction was the picture of Pierre Bonnard's "Terrace at Vernon" (Terrasse a Vernon). It sold for 7.2 million pounds sterling.
(Lenta.Ru)

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The newspaper Kommersant »№ 24 (4565) on 11.02.2011

Auctions Christie's in London, "The Art of Impressionism, Modernism and Surrealism," collected in one night £ 84,9 million ($ 136.3 million). According to observers of Bloomberg, this impressive amount was received by Russian collectors. However, for the western art market characterized by a suspect of any buyer who pays higher prices reasonable, Russian, says TATIANA MARKINA.

Christie's auction went very well - has sold 79%of the proposed lots, preliminary expectations of experts at home were exceeded. Present at the auction, observers from the Bloomberg agency concluded that at least £ 20 million of the amount received at auction paid Russian, and by telephone.

The auction house did not disclose the names of their customers, but noted that 23%were from UK, 49%- clients from Europe, 23%- from the U.S. and 5%- from Asia and other countries. Russian on the list are not specified, but all those of our customers who can pay $ 5.10 million for a work of art, have business interests in Europe and proudly registered as Europeans.

Russian attributed to the following transactions: Cubo-Futurist landscape Natalia Goncharova, "The Apple Tree in Bloom in 1912 (£ 3,9 million on estimeyte £ 2,5-3,5 million). Landscape minute left in the phone, which he kept head of impressionist and modernist Christie's Thomas Seydoux. In addition to the buyer at the same address went fovistsky landscape Andre Derain "Boats at Collioure" in 1905 for £ 5,9 million (estimate: £ 4-6 million).

Three more purchases made for your phone, customer specialist at Christie's work with Russian customers Sandra Nedvetskaya. This is a record of Pierre Bonnard painting "Terrace at Vernon" in 1923, which reached £ 7,2 million on estimeyte £ 3-4 million and became the most expensive product for this late-impressionist, and Rene Magritte "magnet" with a picture of a naked woman on background curtain (£ 4,7 million on estimeyte £ 3,5-5,5 million). The same buyer purchased the actress Lily Damita "Kees van Dongen for 3 million (estimate: £ 1,5-2 million). Given that Ms Nedvetskaya comes from Kiev, we can assume that her client was not the Russian-speaking Russian to Ukrainian as well, as indicated by other messages describing him as the representative "of the former Soviet Union."

In general, the western art market characterized by a suspect of any buyer who pays higher prices reasonable, Russian. On the one hand, it provokes the peculiarities of national character, on the other - be explained the financial base: last year the growth in commodity prices was 34%(according to the index, Standard & Poor's) and gave a trump card in the hands of collectors from countries that export raw materials.

Works of art for centuries successfully serve as a place of storage of money, from this point of view of impressionists and modernists - the most capacious section. In particular, last year the turnover of this section, Christie's was £ 766 million and took first place in the list of key departments of the auction house (there is no doubt that he will be in first place and at Sotheby's). On the other hand, it's not bought, nobody "Still Life" Hope "by Paul Gauguin, who was declared the top-lot auction Christie's. So what that he was valued at £ 7-10 million and that it would like the artist sums up his life and tells about the sources of his creativity. What we Gauguin? Still life, it was dark and full of some brown, and paintings Bonnard, Derain, Goncharova - vivid and emotionally compelling. In the words of the London art dealer Guy Jennings in an interview with Bloomberg, "it is such to look good in a house on the Cote d'Azur."
http://www.kommersant.ru/doc.aspx?Do...2519&NodesID=8

[Seriy]

and to me that Gauguin seemed suddenly did not seem to-not Gauguin and Van Gogh, and so do not get that ... The most attractive seemed to me an early Picasso, especially from the Chicago Art Institute. They got him. Deren has become increasingly popular. Was in the Salon of baguette on the wall who is in a chic frame? Deren! and the work that I do not know. Amazed.

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Deren has become increasingly popular. Was in the Salon of baguette on the wall who is in a chic frame? Deren! and the work that I do not know. Amazed.

Deren artist completely wonderful! But somehow he was always in the background. However, it is very suitable, of course. This seemed particularly manifest nobility of his art. If we compare with the world of cinema, I'd say this, as supporting actress, for which, at times, give Oscar a much more valuable than the principal. The main fact, in this, the case goes to tend to Picasso. With what he, in fact, wish you millions, while thousands of Derain

Surely in the studio hanging the original? Early, late Deren? Photo by chance, no? Interesting!

With regard Fauves at all, their investment potential is considered in this, although outdated (2005), but interesting article. Even the curious to check which of these predictions came true in less than six years:

Investing in art Fauves

Yegor Molchanov

http://www.directorinfo.ru/article.a...=14090&iid=642
http://www.directorinfo.ru/article.a...=14120&iid=646

[Seriy]

IV, to reproduce, I think so ... Just an unusual choice of artist.

Early, like trees in Collioure ..

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IV, reproduce, I think so ... Just an unusual choice of artist.

Well, for this to them - thank you very much, in fact can and Dali, for example, to hang.