was held yesterday in London trading Impressionist and Modern works, organized by the auction house Sotheby's. Auction yielded 33.5 million pounds - in the estimeyta ( 26,75-37,27 million ). Only four lots of twenty-seven did not find buyers. Eight products have amounts exceeding one million pounds, eleven broke the mark of one million dollars.

Auction started with two «shock» sales. Abstract watercolor Vasily Vasily Kandinsky «Growth» left over 443 thousand pounds * with estimeyte 150-200 thousand. A charcoal drawing - sketch for the painting «Song» - Henri Matisse (Henri Matisse) was sold for 457 thousand in the evaluation of 180-250 thousand.

Very high results showed the picture of René Magritte (René Magritte) «the light of the relevant». Specialists Sotheby's estimated it at 200-300 thousand pounds, as much as it has 646 thousand. The previous owner of the painting has received a good income: the picture was acquired by them in July 1998 over 150 thousand pounds.

Now on «millions» lots. Plaster sculpture «Diego (head subjected to the collar)» authorship of the great Alberto Giacometti (Alberto Giacometti) went for 2.7 million pounds when estimeyte 1-1,5 million. His «Bust Annette VII» yielded 1.27 million in the evaluation of 1,2-1,8 million.

Sculpture sold very well: for example, the composition of the three forms, made the British artist Barbara Hepvort (Barbara Hepworth) went for 780 thousand in the estimeyte 0,7-1 million pounds.

The most expensive lot was the work of the evening «The man with the sword» Pablo Picasso (Pablo Picasso), brought nearly 7 million pounds. Experts estimated at 6-8 million a picture. I bought her a Lebanese financier Samir Trabulsi (Samir Traboulsi). same name (!) the work of Picasso, also written in July 1969, was sold at Christie's auction for 5.7 million . Painting «The man with the sword» at Sotheby's was the only lot of trades, which had a guaranteed buyer. Perhaps this was Trabulsi, but surely it is not: Financier struggled with the buyer, called the price on the phone.

Another recent work by Picasso, «Standing Nude», was sold for 4.3 million pounds when estimeyte 3-4 million. For the picture fought at least four buyers.

A great picture «The Road to Giverny in Winter» painted by Claude Monet (Claude Monet) went for 3.8 million pounds. As «Standing naked» Picasso, it has been estimated at 3-4 million. In previous times the work appeared at auction in 1998. Then she got estimeyt 1,8-2,5 million, but has not been sold.

picture Sinyaka Paul (Paul Signac) «Constantinople, the Golden Horn. Suleimaniyah », executed in the style of pointillism, yielded 1.4 million pounds in the evaluation of 1,2-1,8 million. Previous owner purchased it in November 1998 to 563.5 thousand dollars.

* All prices are inclusive of Buyer's Premium.

Material prepared Yulia Maksimova, AI

Sources: artinfo.com , sothebys.com , artinvestment.ru