Half the secret disclosed - it remains to find out who in the end turned out to be picture

Recently, the newspaper The New York Times told the world who have offered 60 million dollars for «Suprematist composition» on Impressionist and Modern auction Sotheby's Nov. 3, 2008 . Mysterious buyers have proved influential art dealers of the Nahmad family, who owned a gallery in London and New York. They were the only participants in the auction, who suggested the price. According to a London gallery owner Helly Nahmada (Helly Nahmad), he and his family bought the work on behalf of someone whose name they did not have the right to disclose.

We know that the auction house gave the sellers pictures - who won it from the Amsterdam museum Stedeliyk , - a great warranty. In order to avoid risk, Sotheby's found a buyer, agreed to buy the painting for $ 60 million. If the work was able to sell for a greater amount, he would be paid the difference between the selling price and the amount that he promised to pay for the product. On behalf of the buyer and the bid Nahmady.

Helly Nahmad said that two years later the picture «Suprematist composition» will be able to see the general public. Where work will be on display, he did not say.

Material prepared Yulia Maksimova

Source: artinfo.com , artinvestment.ru