Charles Saatchi: Sharks are good, and feces artists - too

[Vladimir]

Сообщение от Tjutchev

I knew what you say about Chubarova and Krasnopevtsev ... I can add Kabakov, Vasilyeva, and so forth. I agree with you, they were unsuccessful attempts to raise prices for these artists ... Nobody believed in that for the work Krasnopevtsev could roll away so much money ... With the rest the same thing ... works of these artists are concentrated in the hands of one person in a significant number ...

All lumped together.

These records.

Dmitry Krasnopevtsev (1925-1995). Still life with three pitchers. 1976. Oil on canvas. 110x68. Estimate: 23-32 tys.funtov. Result: 512 thousand pounds. Sotheby's. 31/05/2006

Eugene Chubarov (b. 1934) Untitled. 1994. Oil on canvas. 300h200. Estimate: 100-150 thousand pounds. Sale price: 720 thousand pounds. Phillips. 22/06/2007


Two works that are next to the auction for the TOP of the sixties, but completely different stories. In late Chubarova sales - on the fingers of one hand. And with the context. We Krasnopevtsev - dozens of sales. A record still life with three pitchers - it is simply a masterpiece, bought with a large overpayment. Because masterpiece. Because the meter thing. Because on the canvas. Because in 1976. Because the exceptional decoration. Work of comparable class in the inheritance Krasnopevtsev can make 10-15 pieces. This is exactly in the top ten. So sravivat in such manner and to talk about stupid promotion in this case is not true. This is an exceptional situation. Typically, the average work Krasnopevtsev are 5-7 times cheaper. And even on this background, his work is underappreciated.