An exhibition from the collection of family Beckerman in Pushkin Museum

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Tatiana Markina the meeting Maya and Anatoly Beckerman in Pushkin Museum
18.04.2014
        White Hall of the Main Building and the colonnade Museum opens exhibition dedicated meeting collector and art dealer Anatoly Bekkerman . Apparently, this spring, she will be the only exhibition imported "classic" Russian art , interesting collectors in Moscow. Auction houses Sotheby's and Christie's have canceled their traditional pre-show due to " complex geopolitical situation."

        New York gallery Bekkerman ABA existed for almost forty years , and its owner has traveled the world in search of Russian painting. Pleasure as he tells Mr. Beckerman , he gets no matter what able to buy cheaper and sell the more expensive : the element of hunting, searching for rare works - that's what brings pleasure. ABA works from the collection and the personal collection of Anatoly Bekkerman participated in major exhibitions , starting with " Russian Futurism and David Burliuk " in 2000 in the Russian Museum , and to " Time to collect " in 2013 , who visited in St. Petersburg and Moscow .
But in the Pushkin Museum collection of the New York art connoisseur Russian first exhibited as a separate project. Here will show works by artists of the first half of the twentieth century , which are represented in the collection of monographic - Konstantin Korovin , Boris Anisfeld ( one collector of his work plans to donate GMII ) , Natalia Goncharova , David Burliuk . Separate part of the exhibition will work , once passed through the hands Bekkerman as an art dealer , and now owned by Moscow and St.Petersburg collectors and museums. Anatoly Beckerman told Tatiana Markina most interesting stories about the works from his collection.

      " One day, a lady called me from Florida and said that her grandfather was a men's clothing store in Manhattan in the 1920s . And once came to him some Russian singer with a funny name like Shatapkin ( from Eng . Shut up - shut up. - "b") . This singer had to perform in Carnegie Hall , but he did not have money for a suit . Grandpa Taylor agreed to take in payment pattern. I immediately asked : can Chaliapin ? So in my collection were several paintings by Konstantin Korovin , including " On the terrace . For tea . " Of course, not every call so ; more nonsense. We must sift through mountains of garbage to find something worthwhile.
My wife loves this picture of Maya most. Me for it offered a lot of money , but we refused. Wife in the morning drinking tea in front of her and always tells me, look how much we save on a psychoanalyst , so this picture calms me down ... "


       Boris Grigoriev . "A man with a bull " , 1922
       " This painting was once owned by Alexei Jawlensky . He lived in Germany, started to hurt ( Since 1927 it constantly plagued arthritis. - " B ") , there was no money - and for a visit to the doctor he paid the picture . Then hit the canvas in the U.S. where I found him . Actually, my assistants and I are looking for art around the world, from Japan to Canada and Italy. But in the U.S. , perhaps, the truth is more hope of finding something interesting . However, now , in the Internet era look for things easier and harder to buy : worth a good Russian things appear even on a tiny auction in Massachusetts recorded many phone buyers from Moscow and St. Petersburg . "

        David Burliuk . " Planting Rice " , 1920
        "Once Burliuk gave this picture painted in Japan, Vladimir Mayakovsky . Then for some unknown reason she was back at the artist - whether Mayakovsky put it in storage , whether the artist bought her . Together with her Burliuk went to America , since then, the picture remained in the family until the heirs do not put it up for auction . This is one of the most important Russian kubofuturizma samples . I immediately decided to buy it for your collection. Years of experience always helps to determine the quality and rarity . "

         Sergei Sudeikin , "Mardi Gras" , the years 1923-1924
         "This is one of the American private collection , I bought this painting for many, many years ago. The artist was a small series on Pancake Day , this is a rare and important thing , I appreciate it.
Of course, if nothing to eat - you go and sell the picture. But if you do without catastrophes , I'm from their personal collections do not sell . And even if we talk about the qualities of pure investment - money in the bank , inflation will eat up much better to keep them in the masterpieces of Russian painting. And then, such things will no longer be ... "

         Robert Falk . "Still Life with Jug and challah " , 1914
         " I am interested in the process of searching , finds peace and return the missing masterpieces. Location of this still life was unknown , it was known only in black-and- white illustrations in the book Sarabyanova . We found it and show . I believe one of their most important responsibilities popularization of Russian art in the West . We do a lot of exhibitions and has recently been in my gallery exhibition "From Borovykovs'kogo to Kabakov . Russian art from private collections . " Now this is particularly important is because of the complex socio-political situation of the Russian museums do not bring in the U.S., and vice versa. Dissuaded me carry exhibition here , but I thought it was important right at this moment " .
 Pushkin Museum , from April 23 to June 1
http://www.kommersant.ru/doc/2449099
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