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Amsterdam Stedelijk Museum passed to heirs of Kazimir Malevich five artist's works from his collection of

Under the terms of the settlement agreement between the authorities of Amsterdam (which officially belongs to collection Stedelijk Museum) and numerous five heirs of Malevich's paintings of the artist's museum collection transferred to his heirs

Under the terms of the settlement agreement between the authorities of Amsterdam (which officially belongs to collection Stedelijk Museum) and numerous five heirs of Malevich's paintings of the artist's museum collection transferred to his heirs. Yesterday, it was decided the fate of transferred pictures: the heirs have left them on deposit in the Stedelijk Museum.

the museum is clearly pleased that the lion's share of things in issue (24 paintings and 40 drawings), remains with him. In addition, because up to the final court verdict is not reached, still has not officially confirmed it, what the heirs insisted: illegal possession of numerous works of Malevich, who in 1958 were brought in at the Stedelijk exhibition - yes and stayed in the museum with the same time.

Kazimir Malevich

But in terms of public statements by the museum as if trying to make it all possible their trespasses against Malevitch. Already announced that the rest of the museum's numerous works by the artist will be exhibited in a particularly honorable conditions when at the end of next year, the main building Stedelijk Museum opens after renovation. The heirs have made it clear that they were comfortable with that, they are very satisfied with the collection of works of their ancestors remains accessible to visitors and researchers, and that, they say, their primary goal was to at least some recognition of the justice of their claims. In addition, the fact the museum remains a place of residence and transferred to the heirs of the work - until the heirs in one way or another does not take a plenary decision regarding their fate.

According to Yevgeny Bykov, representing the heirs of the Russians in Amsterdam, the adoption of this decision may take quite some time, but no one in advance and did not build any plans about what to do with otsuzhennoy painting, if the heirs will benefit case.

But what do they solve? Their thirty more people, they live in different countries, many even know each other in the best case on behalf of - and only since the lawsuit was filed by the New York Museum of Modern Art on behalf of all heirs. It can be assumed that the artistic value of art of Kazimir Malevich, many are quite dim idea. Furthermore, all no doubt have their own heirs. In this situation, somehow spread among all the competitors the very painting is hardly possible (they are not throwing the lot in the end). Similarly, it is unlikely that the heirs of the corporation decides to pass all five work together to some museum. It is possible that such noble intentions of the properties they may be, but even if so, determine the unanimous recipient of the gift to them again will not be easy. However, Yvonne Malevitch, one of the heiress, representing the Polish branch of the family, suggested during the infamous press conference that the five works may be in the new museum of modern art, which should in due course to open in Warsaw. But this assumption is probably not look very deliberate hand: it was necessary to teach the press at least one and at least a hypothetical version of the fate of the paintings - in addition to those which are not spoken aloud, but from a rather obvious.

Kasimir Malevich

These five works of 1913-1920 years in themselves are indeed small, but exclusive of Malevich collection, they are worth at least hundreds of millions of dollars even with the many new owners of their profits from their sale will bring in a state of the families of all the heirs . According to a human very clear conclusions from this begs themselves. Most likely, sooner or later, all five will be transferred Stedelijk works in the market, the question only, whether to sell them at once or one by one.

The latter is perhaps more likely, although much depends on how to be a communication heirs (or rather, their representatives, of course) from the auction houses. Trades involving all five paintings, of course, would be just a huge sensation on their own. Then it would be expected, and wholesale purchases. Indeed, in recent times it is sometimes the case, that the sensational market development, the more bizarre and not always motivated by market determined its effects - enough to remember the history with a collection of Galina Vishnevskaya and Mstislav Rostropovich, who was acquired prior to bidding Alisher Usmanov, or a similar history with the purchase Faberge eggs Viktor Vekselberg. And the paintings of Malevich has appeared in such stories: the sale of the collection of Inkombank Vladimir Potanin bought for $ 1 million «black box», and gave the canvas State Hermitage Museum.

Source: www.kommersant.ru


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