Bidding Swiss art at Sotheby's in Zurich, June 14, 2010

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Sotheby's pet me - the day before yesterday received catalogs Russian session yesterday - Latin American art today - Trading Swiss artists. Concierge, in my opinion, not very happy with such a hyper-active behavior of the famous auction house, and I am pleased and interested.

So, the Swiss bid (by the way, the answer to a question, in my opinion, Lorart: London are not satisfied with the sessions of the various national arts, because they spend directly in the countries concerned - Italian art - in Milan The Chinese - Hong Kong, etc. The situation with Russian art special, because they do not conduct auctions in Russia).

Catalogue of the trades did not bezinteresen. In particular, it has enriched my knowledge about family Giacometti. The names of Alberto and his younger brother Diego, of course, known to all. But I did not know that their father, Giovanni, was also a painter (nothing special, but I present here three of his works to increase the cultural baggage), and that's not all: there is also a Giacometti-uncle, Augusto Giacometti, Giovanni's cousin, who wrote very beautiful pictures. It is possible that even went out and brought some Giacometti-svoyachennitsa, Giacometti, brother-in-law or brother-in-Giacometti. I will keep you informed of further investigation!

Photo of family Giacometti: Alberto leftmost front of him - Diego Bruno, Giovanni Papa, sister and mother Ottila Annette.

3 works by Giovanni Giacometti, who, incidentally, is estimated at a) cardboard /tempera, 120x120, 1270000-1760000 euro, b) x /m, 64h64 845000-1060000 euros in) paper /watercolor, 25h29, 14100-21100 euros!

4 of uncle Augusto:
a) The flight to Israel, paper /pastel, 21h21, 10600-14100 euro;
b) Rose, s /m, 30x40, 56500-84500 euros;
a) In Bergel, paper /watercolor, 27h37, 56500-84500 euros;
d) In the studio, s /m, 45,5 x45, 5, 70500-106000 euros.

Two of Kirchner:
a) Portrait Pellegrini (woodcut, image 45,5 x28, 14100-21100 euros);
b) View of Klawadel Sertigtalya (crayons /paper, 44h35, 21100-28100 euros).

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Three curious if - watercolors great writer Hermann Hesse - Herman Hesse wanted to write but feared the whip of a nervous Mr Igor Gurieva):

Accordingly - 12h16 and 8,5 х14, 8500-12700 for both and 22,5 x18, 10600-14100 euros.

Two works by Felix Vallotton:
a) Very, in my opinion, a good Bois de Boulogne, 1919, s /m, 60,5 x45, 5, 246000-316000;
b) Type Lokireka, also very nice, but I scanned it with barely - neformatnaya work 1902 and x /m, 28h64, 5 Euros 106000-176000.

Two works of Johannes Ittena, Swiss artist who taught at the Bauhaus. An interesting detail: he was a zealous Zoroastrians, and in his teaching, he was guided by the principles of that religion, which caused him some trouble:
 
a) Flame, colored pencils, ink /paper, 12,5 h19, 5700-8500 euro;
b) Composition in orange and blue-green tones, 27h37, 10600-14100 euro.

Two Le Corbusier:

a) Serenade in A minor, ink, collage /paper, 52h24, 12700-17600 euros;
b) Bull VIII, tempera /paper, 54,5 h44, 5, 21100-28100.

Finally, the work of Jean Tengeli, executed in mixed media and collage on cardboard, 52,5 h78 5, 10600-17600 euros.