Frida and Diego: the husband earned more
ARTinvestment.RU   25 мая 2016

Updated personal records of Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera

may updated personal price records for works of Mexican artists Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera. And despite the fact that working wives carry on the exhibition of a private aircraft is not more than 10 pieces on the Board, so as not to risk her legacy (to the exhibition in Saint-Петербург 35 Frida's paintings transported four aircraft), a painting of her husband, Diego Rivera, are more expensive.

First on the auction of impressionist and modern Christie's on may 12 painting Frida Kahlo's "Two Nudes in the forest" was sold for $8 million When this lot was estimated 8 to 12 million, i.e., minus the auction house Commission, the price of the hammer is even slightly less than the lower estimate. However this price was a record for the whole of Latin American art.

a little over a week, and now the new sensation in the market of Latin American art: painting Diego Rivera's "Dance in Tehuantepec" in a private transaction conducted by the auction house Phillips, was sold for $15.7 million, i.e. almost twice as expensive paintings of Frida.

time and again we turned to the topic of women's art and came to the conclusion that, for all the importance of the creative contribution to the art world of a particular artist, her work, as a rule, will cost much less than the work her colleagues-мужчин (you can read about it, for example, here, here, , , here and here). In a situation with Frida and Diego this imbalance is striking, especially considering the hype surrounding the recent exhibition of Frida's in St-Петербурге. Bring the Mexicans in Russia the exhibition Diego Rivera — is not the fact that the queue would be the same. And the difference in price — is a fact.

Try to list the factors which could affect the price of both works. The legacy of Frida cannot be called extensive — about 200 works. Most are in museums or in private collections in Mexico. According to the laws of this country, they cannot export and sell abroad. One of the first dealers of Latin American art Mary-Энн Martin once estimated the total number of works of Frida, held in private hands outside of Mexico (and therefore, theoretically possible to sell) only 20 units or so. This means that every appearance on the art@work ndashрынке Frida — this event. On the other hand, with such a small proposal cannot create a stable demand. That's the paradox. In the last work of Frida went on auction 10 years ago and was then sold for a record $5.6 million, and is slightly larger than the current record $8 million in addition, there is a perception that the most valuable and desirable for collectors are still self-portraits of Frida. Even with such a narrow offer the chase still goes for the textbook stuff. Whether at auction iconic self-portrait of Frida, the price could be several times more — according to market analysts.

as for the result, Diego Rivera, here are just talking about one of the most significant works of the artist are in private hands outside of Mexico. "Dance in Tehuantepec" — is one of the largest easel paintings Mexican muralista: its size reaches 2 meters in height and 1.6 meters in width (the work of Frida 25 × 30,2 cm). Written in 1928, the painting was first exhibited in 1930-м in the Metropolitan Museum of art, and the following year it was included in a retrospective of Rivera at MOMA. Another important factor that could affect the purchase price, —, the personal factor. The buyer was an Argentine collector and founder of the Museum of Latin American art in Buenos-Айресе Eduardo Costantini (Eduardo Costantini). So he wanted to get this painting Rivera for over 20 years. In 1995 it was put up for Sotheby's, and then Costantini and failed to win the auction against his opponent, whose name is still not disclosed. "All these years, I thought about the one who bought this picture, and where is she now", — said the Argentine. Now I understand why the deal was private, and why they were paid such large sums of money: the collector couldn't pass up a second chance. Costantini promised to put the newly acquired work in the Museum from next March.

Sources: cbc.ca, usnews.com, artmarketmonitor.com, artsy.net, christies.com, artinvestment.ru



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