Results of the third auction of Soviet art ART-UNION
ARTinvestment.RU   23 апреля 2014

In the hall sold 32%of the lots. Post-auction sale results raised on lots up to 43%. Organizers happy and begin to collect the following directory

April 13, 2014 at the Exhibition Center of the St. Petersburg Union of Artists was 3 th auction of Soviet art aRT-UNION. Despite appearing in the title the word "Soviet" , it should be noted that the presented items by creation date went beyond the aforesaid period and not limited to what is understood by the traditional Soviet painting or graphics .

at the auction were exhibited 207 lots, of which 58 lots included in the first section of painting, 22 - in the section " Underground ", 19 have joined the artists of the " Eleven " schedule was presented 64 lots, sculpture - five . Separate large thongs of 44 lots have been paintings, drawings and sculptures of the directly St. Petersburg Union of Artists .

During the trades were sold 32 %of the lots , including three of the top six lots : etude Plastov « Autumn motive " ( left to start 740,000 rubles ), " Vasilievsky Island " brush A. Semenov ( sold with an increase from 75 000 to 120 000 ) , as well as work T. Fomin « Khantayskoye Sea" ( purchased for 130 thousand rubles). The entire string of three works Fomin was sold. Were fully redeemed different tenderers thong graphic works Belousova and S. Vereysky . By absentee bidam left two works I. Kurdova . Records of the auction sale may be noted graphical composition G. Mihnova - Voytenko « Untitled " (1974 . Tempera on paper . 58 × 63,5) for 166,000 rubles and landscape I. I. Krestovskogo « Crimea» ( 1960 . Oil on cardboard . 41,6 × 70,2) 350 000 .

absentia were sold 14 lots . Participants on the phone was purchased 8 lots .

deserved interest was the work of artists of the " Eleven ." Almost two times the starting price was raised for the picture Egoshina « Mug and green onions " ( sold for 115 000 at the start of 60 , 000). Job V. K. Teterin « Suzdal " went for a starting price of 370,000 rubles, and a painting I. Tuleneva « Moths " (1992 . Oil on canvas. 52 × 39) buyer paid 296,000 rubles .

bronze sculpture of the 1960s " Luda " work SD Lebedeva was sold by correspondence the bid at the starting price of 148 000 rubles . Of sculptural works were also purchased the song " Siege " (1973 ) 450 000 and a statuette Anikushin "People's Artist of the USSR Yuri Yuriev " 350 000 .

active post-auction sale online www.artunion.spb.ru this week raised a total of up to 43 lots of care %.

auction organizers believe that the current economic situation, the result of a crisis on the implementation of the total number of lots in a convincing looks and now begin active recruitment of lots for the next auction, which is scheduled for November - December this year .

Part of the proceeds from the sale of works of art, was assigned a public organization "St. Petersburg Union of Artists ».

Source : press release auction ART-UNION