Photo: Dorotheum pre-auction exhibition at Stella Art Fond

[Tamila]

On Friday, Oct. 17 at the museum Stella Art Fond (Skaryatnisky Lane. 7) a presentation of lots of the auction house Dorotheum, which is located in Vienna and is the largest auction house in German speaking countries.
http://www.dorotheum.com/ru/auktionen.html
At the press conference was made business manager Martin Boehm (Martin Böhm). He spoke about changes to the art market, an increasing number of clients from Russia, which, in fact, was the occasion for the organization of the Moscow pre-auction display. He also noted the "selectivity" of our compatriots.
"Russian clients buy selectively, buy certain things only what they know. They can not buy everything. And in this election are willing to pay any money. It's impressive. If a work of art they like, then buy regardless of whether how much it costs ".
The conference also was questioned about the impact of financial crisis on the art market. Martin Boehm said that it is the most frequently asked question lately.
"We are in a banking crisis, and I do not think that the art market will remain unaffected. Art Market multilateral if the crisis and touch, then the question - which side. For example, the old master sold steadily, but the more modern art than closer to our days, the greater the instability can be observed ".

[Tamila]

Referring to the work))
With the assistance of Stella Art Foundation in Moscow publicly displayed works not only Austrian artists, but also masters of the 20 th century.
Egon Schiele "Tree in early spring, pencil, color. pencil, paper, about 1908, € 34.000 - 45.000
Gustav Klimt "Portrait of a Woman" Pencil, paper, about 1913 € 30.000 - 40.000
Antoni Tapies "Oreyl" Oil, wax on canvas 1972 € 70.000 - 100.000
Egon Schiele "The boy in green tights, pencil, watercolor, gouache on paper, 1911, € 480.000.
Osvaldo mask "Angel without a head" Oil on canvas, € 30.000 - 40.000 - the way an angel is a recurring motif of the artist's works

Lutsio Fontana «Concetto spaziale» ( «The special idea") 1960, € 250.000 - 350.000 - Fabrics with holes))
Piero Doratsio Arena I "Oil on canvas, 1972, € 60.000 - 80.000
Sigmar Polke "Untitled" Oil, acrylic on canvas, 1994, € 140.000 - 160.000
Georges Rouault "Clown" Ink, Paper 1922, € 24.000 - 26.000 - pretty sad job
Victor Vasarely "RAID" Acrylic on canvas, 1973, € 60.000 - 90.000

[Tamila]

The work, which I liked best:
Giorgio de Chirico "Area in Italy" Oil on canvas, about 1960, € 170.000 - 250.000
"Painting" The area in Italy "tells of a meeting of two figures formed by the surrounding houses in the area. Cloth has distinctive features inherent in the work of de Chirico: clearly divergent zone of light and shadow, or the presence of empty mysterious places in the picture. Long shadow on the right of the picture, shown in parallel building to the left, leads the observer to view both figures protagonistichekim picture located in the background picture. Despite the existence of two figures and images of the buildings around them, the work of de Chirico carries a certain emptiness and mystery. Black-yellow green sky growing from the bottom up, so the time of day it is impossible even with hours shown on the facade of a building. "square in Italy" - is a picture out of time, leaving its observers to interpret it differently ".

[LCR]

I do not understand how it happened that I had not seen this plot: (

Of course, Chirico amazing, moreover, is a very famous work (although it later version - Kiriko is known for doing a lot of versions, not to say simply copies of their works). In general, the selection is impressive, a huge thank you, my dear-Tamilochka!

Rouault, really grim, but an artist, I think, remarkable.

And besides, the first time in my life then you Vasarely, which is a little like art