Christie's will show the top lots in Moscow
ARTinvestment.RU   05 октября 2007

Auction house Christie's 18-20 October, is organizing in Moscow showing top lots forthcoming November auction in New York. The first day will be for viewing art, and then the exhibition will open on to the general public.

Auction house Christie's 18-20 October, is organizing in Moscow showing top lots forthcoming November auction in New York. The first day will be for viewing art, and then the exhibition will open to the public about.

In the restored premises of the House Pashkova put on display the main «heavyweight», including «Portrait of the sculptor Oscar Meschaninova» brush Amedeo Modigliani (25 million dollars), another «Liz» Andy Warhol (25 million), «Women Turkish costume »Pablo Picasso (25 million dollars), about our work by Henri Matisse« odalisque. Blue Harmony »($ 20 million), as well as« the outline of two young men »Peter Paul Rubens (8-12 million dollars). Auction House said that Moscow may come as a half dozen works by Konstantin Somov (in the West, apparently, already consider him a favorite of Russian artist), Natalia Goncharova's still life, and portrait work of Yuri Annenkov.

Christie's no secret that Moscow will try to find a wealthy buyer for Modigliani. We know that with the work of the artist in Russia especially hard. And then another Russian theme - Sculptor Oscar Meshchaninov, creativity which little is known, but known to his tusovochnye portraits, written monparnasskimi friends convive-Haim Soutine and Diego Rivera.

Portrait of 1916, which will ask the 25 million dollars, was purchased by the current owner on the American Christie's in 1995 for 9.4 million dollars. Now is the time to record a profit. All can be, but admit the success of the operation there is some doubt. Modigliani's portraits of men are not very liquid, it works primarily valued naked (for which he naterpelsya in life), and inspired women's portraits.

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