Sotebis-auction in New York

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Сообщение от "Cyril Syzransky

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Сообщение от "Cyril Syzransky

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Review of Trade by "Kommersant":

Auction house Sotheby's held in New York Russian auction, part of the top lots which was shown at an exhibition in Moscow. At auction in the first place came Soviet painters Yuri Pimenov and Victor Popkov, leaving behind Boris Kustodiev, Mikhail Larionov, Alexander Yakovlev and other Russian or anti-Soviet artists.
 Among the works, valued at Sotheby's in about half a million dollars, were paintings: "Flowers of the city," Konstantin Korovin (not sold), "Still Life" by Natalia Goncharova (not sold), "The Child" Maria Vasilyeva (not sold), "New house "Nicholas Roerich (not sold)," Girl from the East "Zinaida Serebryakova (not sold)," On the raft, "David Burliuk (not sold). But priced at the same level as in the $ 400-600 thousand, the picture of Yuri Pimenov's "May Day" in 1950 during the bidding has tripled in price and was eventually sold for $ 1.538 million, becoming the most expensive work of socialist realists of the romantic and the most expensive at auction. Grand canvas height of three meters, vertical format, shows two girls montazhnits-vysotnits, put up red flag on the Stalinist skyscraper. Baggy overalls do not hide their ancient forms, the emotional mood of the painting and the canvas near the best works of Yuri Pimenov 1930, such as "New Moscow". Pictures Pimenov rapidly growing: in April, a record for him was $ 300 thousand, in June, $ 600 thousand, now - a half million, which is more than you might expect, and far more than seems reasonable in terms of investment. "Russian market" is difficult to analyze ; consider such delicate matter, as the search for a national idea, in the form of graphs and comparison groups is not easy.
The second record for the Soviet artist at auction Sotheby's - from the same series. This "Family in July" in 1969 Viktor Popkov, one of the main representatives of the "severe style", leaf was estimated at 200-300 thousand, and sold for $ 842.5 thousand Painting is definitely the best for the artist, it can make a diptych with the canvas "Two", in the Tretyakov Gallery. The previous record for Popkov was $ 100 million (at an auction MacDougall's), all at public auction of the world of his work sold at least twenty times, and if to implement a price increase graphically, you get the vertical line, if lyrically - suitable line from the "Internationale": "Who was nothing will become everything. " Not surprisingly, the Russian art in New York sold separately, not in the auctions of Impressionist and modern art, as conceived by experts Sotheby's initially - otherwise already very strange would have been a picture.
The remaining results of Russian auction at Sotheby's in New York are more traditional - 872.5 thousand instead of the preliminary 250-350 thousand brought a picture of Alexei Kravchenko, "Indian fairy tale." This is understandable: the canvas is one of the best for wizard (painting which does not so much) has never been at auction, written in 1920 in the style of Cubism and Fauvism close, an exotic motive. All these little pluses have developed a large one. Also went well, "Trinity-Sergius Lavra in Winter" from the collection of Gordon P. Getty ($ 872.5 thousand) and "Group of lamas" Alexander Yakovlev ($ 782.5 million).
In general, an auction of painting fetched $ 10.5 million, sold 70%of the lots. The subsequent auction enamels, Faberge (from New York private collection) brought $ 3.8 million and 90%of sales. Sotheby's still in first place on the trade in Russian art in the world.
Tatiana Markina
The newspaper Kommersant »№ 205 /P (4505) on 08.11.2010