Record «Spring» Modern Art
ARTinvestment.RU   22 июня 2007

Portrait of Bruce Bernard, photo journal Sunday Times, the late artist's friend and biographer Lyutsiana Freud in the interior of his nepribrannoy studio, was sold June 20 at Christie's for 7.9 million pounds (nearly 16 million U.S. dollars)

Portrait of Bruce Bernard, the photo editor of the Sunday Times magazine, the late friend and biographer of the artist Lucian Freud in the interior of his untidy workshop, was sold June 20 at Christie's for 7.9 million pounds (nearly 16 million). Internet and print media instantly "lit up" with bright headers — set a price record for a living European artist! The first line of this auction ranking was taken by the master of post-war English art of Lucian Freud. And even as much as 18 hours of art community rejoiced deserved success 85-летнего master. But more on that later.

the Portraits of Lucian Freud's valuable "heartfelt" period are very rare, isolated. And meter size are still a rarity: his "portraits of the inner world" almost all miniature. So all the other negative factors that can push the price for any other artist, in the case of Freud no longer worked.

Lucian Freud (b. 1922), grandson of Sigmund Freud — father of psychoanalysis, works in the status of "living classics" for thirty years. But success came to him much earlier than the multimillion-dollar prices. In the early 2000-х went auction records: 6.5 million dollars for the portrait "Man in chair" (1962-1963), then 6, 8 million dollars for "the Man with the pen". But the prices were rather the consequence of success (now increasingly it happens on the contrary). Success, mixed with undoubted talent and yet seasoned with a scandalous reputation of the former "bad guy".

ДЭМЬЕН ХЕРСТ. Сонная весна. 2002. Витринная инсталляция

ДЭМЬЕН ХЕРСТ. Сонная весна. 2002. Витринная инсталляция
DAMIEN HURST. Sleeping spring. 2002. Display case installation. Steel, glass, objects. 10,2 x 182,9 x 274,3. Evaluation of the auction (estimate): 3-4 million pounds. Sale price: 9.6 million pounds. Sotheby's. 21.06.07. Lot # 36

His style expressionistic "honest portrait", "blatant honesty" Freud found in the mid-1960-х — early 1970-х. The idea was to reflect mainly the internal world model, abandoning the need for impeccable resemblance: "I paint portraits of people, not images, like them." This approach required development of a special method. Portraits of the artist creates for several months, sometimes to years, requires dozens of sessions. The artist communicates with the model, studying it, forming their own opinion. In fact, the image on the canvas cannot be considered a portrait in the usual sense —, it is rather Freud's opinion about a person, often mixed with the ideas of his grandfather.

the Most resonant works of Freud's last years were the portraits of Queen Elizabeth and scandalous model Kate moss. In 2000, the artist 10 months working on the "internal image" of the Queen. Fact hide did not, and caring community of Britain came to a standstill in painful anticipation. As it turned out, not in vain. Decorative side was pretty challenging. The portrait was the size of a half-листа A4 — 23.5 x 15.2 cm And it is because the top canvas had to be increased to 3.5 cm — do not have enough space for a tiara. Criticism and the public were indignant, having seen the openly masculine traits in the person of Elizabeth. But Her Majesty was a woman of progressive views. Thanked the artist for his work and was allowed to put a picture in public of the Royal collection. In contrastfrom the Queen of model Kate moss, who posed for Freud naked, and in the last months of pregnancy, your portrait never received. Very outstanding work — is incomparably better than the portrait of Bernard, — was sold in 2005 for 3.9 million pounds at Christie's.

According to the evaluation methodology artprice.com, the conditional $ 100 invested in the work of Lucian Freud about ten years ago, has now turned into a 331 dollar. This is the average figure for all techniques. For painting the figure probably would have been higher. In addition, we must not forget that for 10 years the paintings of Freud cannot be called undervalued. They were already on a pocket only to very rich collectors. In this light, the transformation of the $ 100 331 looks much more spectacular.

Returning to the subject. The status of the author the most expensive work of living European artists Lucian Freud stayed not long. The amount of $ 16 million not enough even for a day. The next day after a successful Christie's held an auction Sotheby's. And there was Francis bacon and what's worse, Damien Hirst. "Self portrait" brush bacon — colleagues, former friend and then opponent of Freud — was sold for 21 million pounds (41 million dollars). However, to Freud 1992 bacon, unfortunately, is no longer a competitor (we are talking about the ranking of the only living artists). And the first place on the pedestal of the master recaptured, it is not difficult to guess, Damien Hirst. This 42-летнего English innovator's just nowhere to go: the last time he creates newsworthy. New-йоркский art-дилер Alberto Mugrabi very aptly today that Hurst — is like Google in art-мире: young, ambitious and the best. You can add that personal status of the artist is already estimated at $ 130 million and continues to grow rapidly.

the Record set installation Hirst Lullaby Spring ("sleeping spring" — in the sense that "soothing"), sold for 9.6 million pounds (19.3 million). Work performed in 2002, at the end of drug period of Hirst, in the framework of the cycle "the seasons". The installation in all respects unusual. In-первых, this thing is unique, without the author's reps. In-вторых, this wall installation — imitation glass provisorische Cabinet, metal frame — has a depth of only 10 cm in height and width, respectively, 182 and 274, see Soothe spring designed shelves with brightly colored pills. 6 136 pills. They write that they are all made and painted by hand. However, the idea does not require such a craft fanaticism. Albeit it is known that manual work does not himself an innovator, but a staff of approximately 80 professionals his art-студий. Interestingly, a month ago at Christie's sold herstovsky wardrobe-близнец "winter dream". The thing is technically quite similar, from the same cycle, only pills to-зимнему white. Then the deal was made for $ 6.6 million. A month later, 19.1 million dollars. Miracles, and only. By the way, you know, that became a record in the "Sleepy spring" in 2002 was bought for 730 thousand pounds. So, for five years the price of wall-mounted installations grew by more than 13 times.Example is of course extreme, in real life it happens rarely, but it is wonderful.

ДЖАСПЕР ДЖОНС. Фальстарт. 1959
JASPER JOHNS. a False start. 1959. Oil on canvas. 170,8 x 137,2. According to media reports, in 2006 the canvas was purchased in the framework of a direct private transaction for $ 80 million, which allowed us to call John. Jones is the author most expensive work of living artists.

Why-то, author the most expensive work of all living artists (not only European) is considered Jasper Johns (b. 1930). A significant figure in American postwar art, the artist working at the intersection of neo-дадаизма, abstract expressionism and pop-арта known, for example, his philosophical stylings of the American flag. But the record number is not for this story. The bright work Johns "False start", 1959, collector-инвестор and film producer David Geffen in the past year, according to media reports, sold for $ 80 million Kenneth Griffin (billionaire Manager of hedge-фондом). The status of the head of the universal rating caught on and was quickly reprinted. And over time, forgot that the deal-то was a private and not an auction. And Hirst, by contrast, outdoor is controversial auction result. In the market to compare prices of public and closed trades is considered incorrect. At least because there may be other closed deals with an even higher price — just not write about them in the Newspapers.

Source: www.christies.com, www.artprice.com, www.sothebys.com



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