Russian and Ukrainian at the auction of Contemporary Art Phillips de Pury
October 17 in London, the trades of works by modern artists, which was submitted several works by artists from the former USSR
October 17 in London on the day auction of Contemporary Art Phillips de Pury. Trades yielded 2.6 million pounds. The most expensive lot was the painting "young British artist, Mark Quinn (Marc Quinn), entitled" Polar bears Liro. " It was sold for 97 thousand dollars in Estimé 80-120 thousand.
At the auction has several works by Russian and Ukrainian artists. Psychedelic painting "straw» Arsen Savadov went for 22,5 thousand pounds (estimate 15 -- 20 thousand). Savadov known mainly through bold photowork ( "Donbass-chocolate", "Collective red", "Book of the Dead"), but in recent years, he actively engaged in painting. "Straw" was ranked first in the list of the most expensive works of the artist, and the second was "The Prince", sold at the same Phillips for 16 thousand pounds (estimate 10-15 thousand).
famous work Alexander Kosolapov McLenin's, at which face the leader of the proletariat is depicted against a background of gold arochek McDonald's, has brought nearly 12 thousand pounds in Estimé 7.9 thousand. A Marlboro-Malevich, received the same evaluation, left for 13,8 thousand. Both works come from the collection of the famous Parisian gallery Hussenot.
Over 5 thousand pounds left picture boxer Vladimir Klitschko, Ukrainian artist made Ilya Chichkan . A huge reproduction of this work, which is called the "curator-heavyweight, was decorated with Ukrainian pavilion 53rd Venice Biennale. Furthermore, the portrait Klitschko can be seen on the cover of the August issue of the journal "ArtChronika. Specialists Phillips estimated at 4-6 thousand photos.
And here is the painting "Kettle" Ukrainian artist Alexander Gnilitskiy buyer has been found. Its estimate is 15-20 thousand pounds. "Kettle" was the fourth work by artists who appear at auction. The most expensive of his work ever sold at public auction, is the picture of "Sky, Olegovskaya", which brought 25 thousand pounds for Phillips June 29, 2009.
Material prepared Yulia Maximova, AI
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