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ARTinvestment.RU   13 мая 2011

Who is on the fifth line - Gerhard Richter, Cy Twombly, or?

In our ranking, new names. On the evening auctions Contemporary Art »Christie's May 11, 2011 in New York set a new record prices for works by American artist Cy Twombly-abstractionist (Cy Twombly). For his work "Untitled" (1967) from the series "Pictures from the school board," a private collector from Europe to pay 15.2 million dollars. If we assume that in the British currency, then we get 9.27 million pounds. This means that the "candle" by Gerhard Richter for 7.97 million pounds will have to give his firm occupied since 2008, the fifth place ranking. However, in 2008, Pound was considerably more expensive, but because the dollar Richter worth nearly 16 million ... In a word, and now fans of these artists can decide which currency to accept the fact parrot that all much longer ... And we have yet to place on the 5 th line rating of just two authors.

SAY Twombly No title. 1967 canvas, oil paint, wax pastels 122 x 140 Estimate: 10-15 million dollars Result: 15.2 million dollars Christie's. 11/05/2011. Lot number 25

Edwin Parker (Cy) Twombly, Jr. (b. 1928, Lexington, Va.) was famous for his iconic "landscapes" of the icons, doodles, digits, individual words and letters deposited graphite or colored pencils on light (white, cream or gray), colorful surface. From 1957 Twombly lives in Rome. Job title, keywords or phrases on the surface of the canvas Twombly send a thoughtful and attentive viewer to the paintings by old masters and neoclassical traditions, mythology and the Mediterranean. Artist's work is permeated with a wide variety of allusions and reminiscences, which require the viewer of the present knowledge and skills to use them to understand the enigma of the artist.

material was prepared by Maria Onuchina, AI