One of the most important representatives of Soviet unofficial art, artist Alexander It (1939), forced to leave his apartment-Studio in Manhattan, which he has held since 1974. The reason for the inability to pay too high a rent. The author, known primarily for its terracotta sculptures dotted with different-sized holes, to March 19, obliged to remove from the apartment at 73 West 47th Street about 4000 products. Otherwise, they may not be in the gallery, and at the dump. The artist himself is moved with part of the village artists Husic falls near the town of Albany, the state capital Newtork@

Native of Leningrad Her Alexander emigrated from the USSR in 1972. At first he settled in Paris, and two years later, like many Russian immigrants who moved to the United States. In moving to America the family Ney helped Elaine de Kooning. Alexander got to know Her and took shelter in Manhattan in the house jeweler Moses Dickman (Moses Dyckman), a Soviet immigrant - only 1920-ies. Initially, the lease was assumed that the growth rate of rent shall be governed by the laws of the city. Until the late 1990s are no conflicts between landlord and tenants did not arise. When you do not have enough money to pay the rent, Moses Dickman agreed to take it works iskusstva@

In 1997 in the workshop Ney fire occurred. The insurance company offered Her $ 1 million as compensation for lost work, but the artist has decided that this is too little, went to court and lost. After repairs, the rent has quickly vaulted over $ 1,200 and continued to grow. By 2013 It should have been the owners of the house, the children of Moses Dickman, more than 100 thousand dollarov@

the result Cicmany terminated the contract. The family of Alexander Ney went to court, and then it turned out that their apartment is not classified housing with adjustable law growth rate of rents. Since then, for several years the artist and his family are trying to evict. The last decision they were instructed to move to 19 Marta@

Son of Alexander Ney Joel exports work in temporary storage in Queens. To do this you have almost single-handedly and very gently work fragile and money on professional movers net@

"Even if I don't sell any more of the works of Alexander Ney, I want to know that they did their best to save them for my father, for the world," says Joel. For decades, this duplex apartment-Studio in Manhattan was filled with the work of Alexander Ney. Artist and sculptor never engaged in active sales of their works, the value had only creativity. His former gallerist Virginia by Kinya (Virginia Kinzey) says that "work Ney not look Russian... they are too generic to be successful... the artist is not yet formed rinka@

the Material was prepared by Maria Onuchin, AI

Источники: nytimes.com, artinvestment.ru