Phillips de Pury, the April auction

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Auction house Phillips de Pury announced the composition of its April auction in London. At the auction, BRIC (contemporary art in Brazil, Russia, India and China), a significant part of the works will be Russian, top-lot auction - painting by Ilya Kabakov, a series of "Holidays" in 1987, estimated at £ 1,5-2,5 million

Auction is dedicated to the art of BRIC, will be the second time - last spring, even a volcanic eruption in Iceland did not prevent his success. This year's sold two hundred lots with a total estimate: £ 7,3-11,6 million

The most expensive product on auction - painting by Ilya Kabakov's "The Feast of number 10" from the series "Holidays" in 1887, written during the creation of conceptual artist of his concept of "total installation". Series "Holidays", according to the artist, consists of 12 paintings (10 horizontal and 2 vertical), which should be hung on the walls of the room, the floor is littered debris, and shreds of newspapers cluttered overturned tables and chairs. The paintings - scenes of heroic labor and the well-deserved rest, and the heroes are almost devoid of people, it's some average "Soviet citizens", Valais worker, teacher, happy child. Their daily lives - such as celebrations, and to make the past something visible, the surface of paintings painstakingly decorated with beautiful colored foil circles. Moreover, according to the legend, which is surrounded by a painting, these paintings could crumpled circles decorate the descendants of the heroes depicted on them, just as faded photographs of ancestors are decorated with paper flowers in the countryside . Painting horizontal format priced at £ 1,5-2,5 million record price for the works of Ilya Kabakov belongs leaf Beetle, sold in 2008 for £ 2,9 million

At Phillips de Pury auction will also feature "Double Self Portrait" by Vitaly Komar and Alexander Melamid (1984, £ 250-350 thousand), "Russia in Paris" (1992, £ 300-500 thousand), photo-realistic paintings from the series "The queue for vodka" and "Ring Road" Seeds Faibisovich (at £ 150-250 million).
Tatiana Markina
"Kommersant-Online", 22.03.2011