Dali's "Landscape with mysterious elements" of 11.14 million USD

[Dogel]

Salvador Dali Foundation has paid a record sum for a painting artist

Foundation Gala - Salvador Dali "has paid a record amount for him for the picture of the Spanish surrealist, writes El Pais. The Fund acquired a "Landscape with mysterious elements" for 7.8 million euros (11.14 million dollars).

This picture was painted in 1934, its size is 72.8 to 59.5 centimeters. The painting was bought from a private individual who wished to remain anonymous. The painting depicts a small figure of a Netherlands painter Jan Vermeer, Professional ENG "Mysterious Landscape"; in the background, Dali painted himself as a child.

This is the second largest purchase of stock in recent years - in March, the collection has expanded the work of "Honey is sweeter than blood, bought for 4.7 million euros. As "Landscape with mysterious elements", she exhibited at the Museum of Salvador Dali in Figueres.

In comparison with other artists of the XX century paintings of Salvador Dali at international auctions are sold for relatively modest sums. For a long time record of the value of his work does not exceed $ 10 million. It was updated only in February 2011 when an auction Sotheby's "Portrait of Paul Eluard," was sold for 21.6 million dollars.

[Konstantin]

And by the way the truth why Dali, whose name is first linked the concept of surrealism, with a record of late?

«Honey is sweeter than blood" - the subject of any collector dreams of painting.
Painting size 36 x 44, was written by the genius of surrealism in 1926-1927. Its cost was estimated at 4,794,215 euros, an amount which has never until today had not reached none of the paintings of Salvador Dali. However, raised a record did not last long, almost daily.
Hitherto unknown buyer purchased the "Portrait of Paul Eluard," as the brush of Salvador Dali, but for 15.9 million euros.

It is believed that the sketch - the only thing that remains of the paintings with the same title. However, the canvas, which allegedly belonged to Coco Chanel's collection, now preserved only in black and white photography and its membership is not set to 100%. In 1941 Dali wrote another painting of the same name, but later work quite different and significantly different from its namesake.
An interesting history is connected with the name of the painting. From the personal correspondence of Salvador Dali, where he talks about his life in the Catalan Portligate, researchers have found many interesting details. In one letter, the artist talks about her friend, Lydia falls in love with the old, which went a rumor as of the last witch Cadaques. One of the things which a woman won the artist, was her amazing ability to carry out the most improbable of the association. The expression "honey is sweeter than blood belongs to her, and hints at the flesh attracts more than family relationships.

In 1926, a drastic change occurs. Hard to believe that the dismembered female corpse, and the decaying carcass of a donkey (Honey is sweeter than blood) - this picture of horror and despair written in the same year, and charming in its simplicity, harmony and sobriety Portrait of a girl in a landscape

To bring together texts from different sources failed, maybe someone will do the story.

[I-V]

Originally Posted by Konstantin; 1652673"

And by the way the truth why Dali, whose name is first linked the concept of surrealism, with a record of late?

I do not know who the author of this article, but rather curious:

According to an unwritten law when an artist dies, his work immediately begin to be assessed at 15-20%higher than during his lifetime. This happens with all more or less well-known creators, but not ... with Salvador Dali.

  On the day of the death of Andy Warhol's phone art galleries of California red. Art lovers will certainly wanted to snap up all of his works, which are freely available. After the death of Salvador Dali experts pursed her lips disapprovingly: Dali's work, they say, is not listed - too often he signed blank sheets of paper, paying their drawings doctors, attendants, were unreasonably high circulation of his lithographs and engravings, too much fraud to appear on the market during the life of the artist. One expert even dared to voice the cost of fraud "dalinianoy" on an international scale - $ 3 billion. And John Tankok - the then vice-president of Impressionist auction house Sotheby's - flatly declared: "Death of Salvador Dali would have no impact on rates at the auctions.

Twenty years after the death of the eccentric artist experts' forecasts, alas, proved to be true. Hundreds of works by Dali appear at auction each year, but rarely do you sell the work at an affordable price. In recent years, only 6 pictures (of thousands!) Exceeded the price of 500,000 euros. Among them, "Allegory of Air" - 825,000 euros (Christie's auction of 2006.) And "Portrait of Madame Schlumberger - 803,000 euros (Sotheby's auction 2008).. The most expensive canvas Dali was a portrait of "My naked wife" sold in 2000. in London for 4,127,000 dollars to a private collector. Most of the works of Salvador Dali's going for ridiculous prices or not at all appear unused.

Relying on new technologies, Madrid auction house Sala Retiro turned his sights on the world wide web. The first auction on-line, which was exposed to drawing by Salvador Dali, was held at the Spanish site Ebay.com in 2004. Work, size 18x12, 5 cm, written between 1925 and 1930. won the Catalan private collectors all over .... 5100 euro!

   
In the year 2003. Paris was put up for auction, private collection "Captain" John Peter Moore (John Peter Moore) - the former secretary of Salvador Dali. More than 450 drawings, watercolors, oil paintings and sculptures, signed by the artist awaits its new owners. However, in most cases, the waiting was in vain. According to experts, to put the collection up for sale a year before the centennial of the master - it was a gross mistake.

Generally, the auction was surrounded by strange events. One of the pieces removed from the auction due to the fact that expert Robert Desharne (former manager of a genius and his biographer) was unable to confirm the authorship of Dali. Other work - small image size 9,6 x12, 8 cm, appears in the catalog at number 361 (the starting price of 500 euros) - was either lost, or stolen. Administration of the auction said that they had nothing to do with, and if that happened, during a recent collection trips (to the experts in Vienna, Zurich and Milan). 1967 card deck of 23 cards, made Dali felt-tip pen, which predicted a very high interest rates, not interested in any of those present. In general, many drawings, posters and sketches of an artist left fans indifferent to art, with the exception of numerous erotic drawings on display on the second day of the auction.

Star has become the landscape "Llano Beach in Cadaques" 1923. (La playa del Llane en Cadaques), sold for 360,000 euros. In the auction of this painting was attended by some owners of the Catalan and galleries, but in the end, they were forced to retreat, seeing as the price passes for 200 000 euros. Appreciated, and another work - "A retrospective bust of a woman" in 1933 (Retrospective Bust of a Woman). Bronze bust with a long loaf of bread on his head, ants on the face and ears of corn as a necklace, went for 300,000 euros, 50,000 more than the owners hoped to auction Artcurial.

 Sometimes the initial price grew, almost ten times. This happened with the picture "Sister Daly with a doll" in 1923 with 2,000 euro price has risen to 17 000.

However, the auction helped out just over four million euros instead of the expected seven million.

Many collectors and art lovers participated in the bidding by phone, were among them and the Spaniards. Foundation Gala-Dali to participate in the auction declined due to litigation with the owner of the collection for auction, "Captain" Moore (a nickname coined by Daly) about the creation of possible fraud.

John Moore - the figure is ambiguous. Former military, who served in World War II in the intelligence services of allied forces in the postwar years, began working on the film producer Alexander Korda. The film "Richard III», held in Rome, he met with the artist who was commissioned poster for the film.

Being responsible for the Vatican's television channel, he organized a meeting of Dali with the pope and, possibly, used his connections to help cancel the first church marriage Gala and organize the wedding master and his Russian wife. From 1960 to 1974, as secretary and manager, he was accompanied by Dali and Gala are everywhere: in the annual winter voyage to New York in the spring and autumn in the Meurice Hotel in Paris in the summer in Cadaques.

For the first time a collection Perrot-Moore was introduced in 1973. in Figueras, and City Council appointed "Captain" Moore's chief curator of the Museum of Figueras.

But it was in Cadaques, leaving the work of Dali, Moore and his wife set up his museum - a museum Perrot-Moore, at the opening of which in 1974 he attended the Dali and Gala. Get rid of the collection, according to him, made him too high cost of maintaining the museum.

At the auctions of works of Dali sometimes strange things are happening, as if the master continues to make fun of their fans. Organizers auctions only sigh, seeing that their clothes are good commission once again failed to materialize. Eccentric in life, Salvador Dali, and after his death continues to be a great mystifier, Surrealist and simply divine, "as he called himself. And like any deity - all material and financial alien to him.

http://www.11may.ru/birthday/salvado...-auctions.html

[Konstantin]

Interesting continuation of the topic.
From the message that all taxis by one person. Is it possible?

The biggest art dealer, selling the works of Salvador Dali, was untrustworthy tradesman whose income does not prevent the condemnation of the Fund Dali.

Market sculptures created by Salvador Dali, in fact monopolized by one person, but most of the work could be done by the great surrealist, has found in its own investigation into the newspaper The Guardian. As an example, publication of results in five-meter statue of Alice in Wonderland ", which can be bought at the auction opened at the City of London for 1.5 million pounds. But at the same directory there are about thousands of "Alice" of various sizes and colors, many of which appeared only in 2005.

All firms that sell sculptures by Dali, the newspaper writes, belong Beniamino Levi - an Italian art dealer, the owner of Dali's museum in Paris and London, and almost all of them are registered in offshore zones.

The dealer makes no secret that the artist could not make such a huge amount of "Alice" and contends that he bought the rights to transfer images to sculpture, even in 1980 at the Enrique Sabater, secretary and manager of patient Dali. He also said that some contracts were signed directly with the artist, but refused to disclose the publication of any details of contracts or production volume.

Vendors who sell directly to the works of Dali, argue that the artist has personally done or a wax preparation, or a complete layout. In this case, it is known that part of the work based on sketches of the artist, as, for example, the same as "Alice". Actually, the certificate of authentication is based on agreements, "signed by the artist or the legal representative of the artist."

Salvador Dali Foundation The official did not consider these sculptures art. He describes the sculptures of trade as a "vast illusory world", which arose around the work questionable cultural value.

"When you look at these sculptures, you do not know what you see: it may be a work of a series of ten, three hundred in different colors, or even one of the nine. Our Foundation is concerned about the inappropriate use of the name of Dali, and we can not classify these products as works of art. These sculptures are made purely for ornamental purposes "- the head of the Foundation Juan Manuel Sevillano.

Levy calls the words of ordinary Sevillano envy, since the Fund was "very jealous" of his success and he would like to receive the same contract. Business and the truth is very profitable: the estimated production of one small sculpture cost a thousand pounds, and sell it can be at least twenty times more expensive. In an environment of professional art dealers operating results of the Spanish surrealist's name is called "almost Dali" and try not to auction these sculptures. Auction house Sotheby's in New York took to trading only three such works, but could not sell them in the London office with the trades took three sculptures since 2008. Christie's auction never had dealings with sculptures of Dali. "Serious collectors will not touch this stuff" - said one London dealer.

"The name of Dali's use for cheating too credulous public. This is the dark area ", - said Dawn Ades, a leading British scholar of Dali.

Note that Levy has organized about 80 exhibitions of sculptures by Salvador Dali around the world, he leads fund Stratton. Sculpture artist can now be seen at an exhibition in London Moor House and the Dalí Universe, Paris, New York and Shanghai. Dali's work and came to Venice at the Biennale. Common market "almost Dali" is estimated at 60 million pounds.

On the issue of The Guardian, will these sculptures go up in price, Levy said that he could not guarantee it. "To be honest, I can not talk about it, because I do not know what will happen to the stock market. But if you like, you buy "- he said.

[I-V]

Originally Posted by Dogel; 1652573"

Compared with other artists of the XX century paintings by Salvador Dali at international auctions are sold for relatively modest sums.

As required. to prove. At the auction , " Sotheby's " February 8 . 2012 and did not buy this , it would seem attractive to his fans thing:

Note AI:

« estimate was too high , - said in an interview with Bloomberg , Morgan Long (Morgan Long), head of London-based investment fund of Fine Arts (Fine Art Fund). - Now there is a backlash on the prices achieved by Dali in 2011 . Every artist has his finest hour : Daly is not the most popular character . "

http://artinvestment.ru/news/auctnew...9_sotheby.html

[Wladzislaw]

With the political situation of a Dali sculpture. Dali was selling the rights to reproduction. Cloudy. Work neskolkometrovaya - 12 copies., height approx. meters - 50-90 copies., height 40-50 cm - 100 copies., height 20-35 cm - 350 copies. Part of the work are identical in different sizes. Naturally, no one will be cast at once 350 copies. Casting studio for necessary, top up the required number of sculptures from the original form, within the boundaries of the contract .

No fraud there. Dali did everything deliberately.

All original Dali sculptures included in the catalog reyzone.

In my opinion, is actually a struggle for the market. Dali himself filled the market for a large number of his prints and his sculptures. Therefore, one of the greatest artists of the century the usual available to the buyer.

And another interesting to work selling for millions. It's one thing to sell a painting for 10 million. Sit yourself, tinkering in his ear, wait for the Arab sheikh. Or sell the sculpture edition of 100 copies. 15 thousand, while when pokovyrivayuschiysya blogged: "Do not ... He has a rotten product ... [What is this for the money - 15 thousand?]. Buy me for 10 million."

Here's an interesting article in the particular example of the profitability of Dali sculptures: http://robinrile.com/blog/?p=263