Sotheby's will bring Munch painting in Moscow
ARTinvestment.RU   23 сентября 2008

In October, at the pre-show house Sotheby's in Moscow can be seen by the famous Norwegian painter Edvard Munch «Love and pain» ( «Vampire»)

picture of the Norwegian expressionist Edvard Munch «Love and pain» ( «Vampire») visit in October in Moscow in the pre-exhibition house Sotheby's. The fact that the canvas is put on auction with the assessment of 35 million dollars, and the routes of movement newspaper The Independent. Auction will be held November 3, 2008 in New York.

Munch wrote «Love and Pain» in 1894 for a large series «Friz life», which included the most famous of his canvas - «Creek». A picture with two names, there are four options. At Sotheby's exhibited the best known version to go in 1902 at the Berlin exhibition of the artist, and performing a great impression on the audience. In 1903 bought a picture of fan art Munch John Anker. He had in 1934 «Vampire» perekupil another private collector, whose collection of works is to this day. Until 2007, she exhibited with the permission of the owners of New York's Metropolitan Museum.

Provenans picture promises lively bidding. While the current auction record for the work of Munch remained 30.8 million dollars paid for the work «Girls on the Bridge» in May 2008 at New York auction Sotheby's.

Source: lenta.ru