Rodin's sculpture sold for a record $of 20.41 million at Sotheby's
At the evening auction of impressionist and modern Sotheby's auction house, may 9 marble sculpture of Auguste Rodin "Éternel printemps" ("Eternal spring", 1901-1903) sold for a record for sculptor $of 20.41 million (estimate: $8-12 million). The work was top-лотом of the auction.
This version of "Eternal spring Rodin is the fifth of the ten known sculptures of this story in marble. Other versions of "Eternal spring" are now in the Hermitage (1906), the Metropolitan Museum of art (1906-1907), the Museum of fine arts, Budapest (1901) and others.
the total revenue from sale of impressionist and modern Sotheby's totaled $144,4 million, slightly less than the lower estimate of $165 million, About a third of lots (21 of 62) were left without buyers, including "Les Voiles rouges" ("Red sails") andré Derain (estimate $15-20 million) and "Buste d'homme Laure" by Pablo Picasso (estimate: $8-12 million). It was the worst auction of impressionist and modern Sotheby's over the past 5 years.
the organizers of the auction say that such is the state of the overall market and that the auction results only reflect General trends. Buyers have become selective and exacting.
in Addition to the sculptural group by Auguste Rodin, this evening have been successfully sold painting "Sous-bois" ("Undergrowth") Maurice de Vlaminck ($16.4 million), the landscape of port Saint-Тропе Paul Signac ($10,66 million), three works by Claude Monet — is the most expensive of them, "Maree basse aux Petites-Dalles", went for $9.9 million.
Sources: reuters.com, sothebys.com, artnet.com, artinvestment.ru
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