Russian American lots Sotheby's: Nemukhin, Lanskoe, Gorki, Bolotovsky
ARTinvestment.RU   27 февраля 2007

February 23, house Sotheby's in the overseas sites held auctions «Contemporary Art»

23 February house Sotheby's in the overseas sites held auctions «Contemporary Art».

Formally, we are not trading case. Organizers made a bid for the things of small and medium price range and even the first names on the contemporary art world: from Andy Warhol and Robert Rauschenberg to Demena Hirst, Vika Myuniza and George Condo. The predominant range estimeytov - 10-60 thousand dollars: frequent schedule, a lot of interesting artistic point of view of things, the truth is not very well-known authors. But the strings, mostly cloistered in the taste of American public, soaked and conditionally «Russian Theme».

So, somehow the wind (it is known that from the collection of Alexander Glezera) at auction brought a big cardboard Vladimir Nemukhin «Still Life with Guitar» 1984 (72,5 x 53 , 5). No oil, mixed media, but very very good. Decorative, graphic, main theme (cards, font, geometry), a commercial size - all with him. From aesthetic point of view, this particular «mixed media» has a forum many samples nemuhinskoy painting. In short, you'll see a lot in any case the Russian bid, he went to three times higher estimeyta as well - so stay in it, 14, 4 thousand dollars.

ANDREY Lanskoe. Song without a name. 1971. Oil on canvas. 61 x 49,5. Estimeyt: 20-30 thousand USD Sale price: U.S. $ 21.6 Sotheby's. 26.02.07. Lot number 59
History sale: Price: U.S. $ 8 Sotheby's. 23.02.00. Lot number 224

«Composition untitled» (1971) Andrew Lanskoe (oil on canvas, 61 x 49,5) - average power of abstraction. Not a masterpiece, but the thing, of course, commercially strong. Sale price - 21.6 thousand dollars. Again, specialized auction of Russian oil on canvas, this could reach even greater numbers and far more expensive in British pounds.

Work with the indicative investment standpoint. The point is that it has already appeared on the site of Sotheby's in 2000, and it is 23 February. Then Lanskoe in Russia was known mainly gallery, working with the «Russian abroad». In short, exactly seven years ago, the current seller for the lost canvas 8 thousand dollars plus a fee.
now resold the same at 2, 7 times more expensive. And could, and even better if the ground is not summed.

previous purchase price of fame is interesting and very small graphic sheet (22,5 x 28,5) with nameless pencil drawing Arshila Slides 1935. Gorki or Gorky, - pseudonym of artist-immigrant Armenian origin Vostanik Adoyana (some researchers believe that it is encrypted it is in tune with the words «cursed from Horgoma», and not simply identified with the ideas of proletarian solidarity writer). He lived a very short time, even with reduced life itself.

In the mid 1930's Arshil Slides hardly make ends meet and professional «oil on canvas» he often did not have enough money. And today, the artist recognized as one of the key figures in American abstract expressionism. His paintings show a number of textbook history of American modernism, and it may cost in the world's auction of approximately 3-5 million dollars, and even the tiny pencil drawing Hills sold for 15, 6 thousand dollars. Curiously, in May 2003, the same figure the previous owner bought at Christie's for 8.5 thousand dollars. Over 3.5 years, did not outline the quality of the investment went up almost two-fold. Is it bad?

In contrast to all the above authors American painter of Russian origin Ilya Yul'evich Bolotovsky a is still little known in our country. It was with Lanskoe, and Polyakov, and Burlyuk in the late 1990's. In the past year, work Bolotovskogo assessed «Selecting facilitators» in the U.S. Forbes Collector: experts noted objective undervalued his work.
Today, the idea of the artist studied in universities, are in the best national museums. The name of former St. Petersburg Bolotovskogo mentioned alongside Mondrianom and Reinhardt (ie, those who in 1936 founded the group «American abstract painters »).

ILYA BOLOTOVSKY. Sea evolution. Oil on canvas. 120,6 x 152,4. Estimeyt: 15-20 thousand U.S. Sotheby's. 26.02.07. Lot number 56

At the same time, until recently, the lower the price of plank Bolotovskogo was suspended at 15 thousand dollars for the painting, and 2 thousand dollars for graphics. Presented at the Sotheby's «Sea evolution» not found its buyer and estimeyte at 15-20 thousand dollars. Perhaps the problem - in particular things. More precisely, in the period. 've Read that its most valuable topic to a special plastic geometric abstraction of the painter found in 1947, when its branded diamonds, ovals, and polygons. These abstractions stronger, symmetrical, close to the ideas of modern design. «Sea evolution» not one of them, we can assume that it is created on the eve of the 1930's and 1940's.

According to D, with the creative legacy of Elijah Bolotovskogo over time can be realized the same scenario as with the other neglected at home, but at the exile of Russian artists. Once the sudden demand from Russian buyers break the prevailing market rates and prices will add to 100% per year. It is unlikely that this will be scenario David Burliuk, painting for 8 years, which went up by 8 times, but on a limited time ' m segment of those rates are possible.

Source: www.sothebys.com

The material prepared Vladimir Bogdanov