Sculpture spider with an estimate 4-6 million dollars will be one of the top lots auction Christie's contemporary art on November 8 in New York

Broadway actor Craig Henningsen shows tricks for spider sculpture of Louise Bourgeois
Source: artinfo.com

past week for Christie'sstala not the most successful: have been very weak auction of Impressionist and Modern last Tuesday . But the auction house, it seems, is willing to do anything to redeem at tomorrow's auction contemporary art. For this example, was taken a bit absurd publicity stunt. Next to the office of Christie's in Rockefeller Center was a statue of a huge spider work of Louise Bourgeois, designed for trading on November 8. One display works of the late Franco-American artist deal not done: spider Bourgeois was a company actor of criticized in the down dust and Broadway show "Spider-Man: put out darkness».

While potential buyers of future trades tend to squeeze into the office Christie'sskvoz crowd, tourists gladly take pictures of actor Craig Henningsen, featuring acrobatic sketches dressed as Spider-Man's spider right under the Louise Bourgeois sculpture. It should be an artist to stop to rest and take off the mask at the time, as middle-aged ladies are lining up for pictures on the memory of a "star».

compiled in haste performance was an attempt to present one of the top lots of the future in contemporary art auction Christie's Nov. 8." Spider ", which tomorrow will be traded with an estimate 4-6 million dollars, comes from the private collection of some of Napa Valley and is one three large spiders of Louise Bourgeois, is still in private hands. In more recent work by Bourgeois arahnologicheskuyu theme strongly Expensive: In 2008, spider above one meter rise was sold for 2.9 million euros ($ 4.5 million) , and in 2010 the spider height just under 50 cm achieved a hammer price of 3.5 million dollars.

However, PR-service Christie's, in the opinion of the browser ArtinfoSheyn Ferro, allowed one semantic error, which, however, does not see many fans of Spider-Man. One of the world's most famous female sculptors in their spider saw the symbolic image of the mother, protecting and wise weaver - but not the radiation monster who must fight with superhero Spider-Man. < /p>

Tomorrow will tell whether the superhero could draw attention to the lot of the Bourgeois. Henningsen himself optimistic: the actor says that if he had money he would pay for this work is much higher estimate because "pictures do not convey its true beauty».

Prepared by Mary Onuchina, AI

Sources : artinvestment.ru