He died Lucien Freud

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The death of an outstanding contemporary artist Lucian Freud, whose works were among the most expensive in the art market in the category "living", will have an impact on the value of art - their price will rise by about 30%, RIA Novosti said the Russian head of representation Phillips de Pury & Company Russia Svetlana Maric.

Freud was in his lifetime record of auctions, for example, in 2008, Freud's painting "The Sleeping social worker" (Benefits Supervisor Sleeping), depicting the sleeping on the couch naked woman, suffering from overweight, went to Christie's auction for 33.6 million dollars. So, set a world record price for a product a living artist.

"Clearly, the death of Lucien Freud's impact on the value of his works. Prices for work immediately jump to approximately 30%, and is likely to stabilize at this level. But we can not rule out a significant jump in prices in subsequent years, resulting in an auction, but this is will depend on the quality of some work, "- said Maric.

Interlocutor of the Agency also did not rule out the possibility that in the future cost of the grandson of Sigmund Freud will be comparable with the prices of the most expensive artist of the twentieth century - Pablo Picasso, but this will not happen right away. "This should take several decades. Prices for the artist's works are dependent on many factors: the activity of its collectors and the general economic situation and the situation on the art market, etc. So for the successful growth of prices for the artist at one point have to come together several vectors, "- she explained.


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