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Canvas Doig became the most expensive lot at auction Christie's

11/11/200907: 36

NEW YORK, Nov. 11 - RIA Novosti, Larissa Saenko. Work Scot Peter Doig "Reflection (How does your soul)" sold Tuesday at Christie's auction in New York for the 10 миллионов 162 thousand 500 dollars, becoming the top lot of trades, reports the correspondent of RIA Novosti.

Doig, whose work critics refer to the genre of magical realism, has confirmed the reputation of one of the most expensive modern artists in Europe. Estimate linen 50-year-old wizard is 4-6 million dollars.

"Reflection" written in 1996 and was one of the central works of the artist's retrospective exhibition at London gallery Tate in 2008.

Title picture consonant musical composition DJ Shadow, whose album Endtroducing, released the same year, included several different genres of remixes of the single 1994 "How does your soul." "This technique is similar and very Doig, who drew inspiration for his work in the works of Gustav Klimt, Caspar David Friedrich, Claude Monet and Jackson Pollock. Despite such diversified effects, the work reflects a new and completely original way," - said the trading house.

Record at Doig was established in 2007, when his "canvas" White Canoe "was bought for 11.3 million dollars. In May 2009, at New York's Christie's auction of his "Night Fishing" was sold for 4,7 million dollars, and in June 2009 in London, the auction sold for 3 million pounds gone painting "Night Court".

So look to the present day personal "troika" of the most expensive work of magical realist.

Meanwhile, top lots Christie's, exhibited on Tuesday evening at the auction of works of religious artists of postwar art, found no buyers. This software fabric hooligan and gravedigger of capitalism "by Jean-Michel Basquiat, and two works by Andy Warhol in a series of" death and disaster. "

"Brother Stuffing Basques, who began his creative career with the graffiti on the fences of New York, was estimated at 9.12 million dollars. The work, a reproduction of which adorns the cover of the catalog-a reason the artist, is one of the greatest works of Basque Country, who passed away in 27 years. In November last year, his painting "Untitled (Boxer)" went for more than 13,5 million dollars.

Not been sold and the work of the most expensive postwar artist Andy Warhol - "Catastrophe Tuna" (estimate - 6.8 million) and "Thirteen" most wanted criminals. 3 - Ellis RB " (score 5,5-6,5 million dollars).

Bidding on Tuesday brought 74 миллиона 151 thousand 500 dollars. There were exposed 47 lots, for which the trading house expected to gain 67-94 million dollars.

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Lot 13
Price Realized $ 10,162,500
Price includes buyer's premium
Estimate $ 4,000,000 - $ 6,000,000
Sale Information
Sale 2219
Post-War & Contemporary Evening Sale
10 November 2009
New York, Rockefeller Plaza

Lot Description
Peter Doig (b. 1959)
Reflection (What does your soul look like)
signed and dated 'PETER DOIG 1996' (on the reverse)
oil on canvas
108 x 78 7 /8 in. (274.4 x 200.4 cm.)
Painted in 1996.

Provenance
Gavin Brown's Enterprise, New York
Acquired directly from the above by the present owner, 1996
 

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