In Barvikha until April 27 last exhibition of top lots auction Sotheby `s, on contemporary art, to be held in New York in mid-May
ARTinvestment.RU   24 апреля 2008

April 23, in «A club» (Barvikha Luxury Village) Moscow Barvikha auction house Sotheby `s, opened the pre-show of classic painting of the second half of the twentieth century - from Andy Warhol and Demena Hirst to Richard Prince and Jeff Koons

April 23, in «A club» (Barvikha Luxury Village) Moscow Barvikha auction house Sotheby `s, opened the pre-show of classic painting of the second half of the twentieth century - from Andy Warhol and Demena Hirst to Richard Prince and Jeff Koons. Submitted by around thirty works, more than a third of those that will be sold in New York on 14 and 15 May this year.

Sotheby `s has several times been Pre-show in Moscow, but so far they are arranged only in advance of the Russians bidding. This time, organizers decided to auction to attract the attention of Russian buyers to the post-war Western art, where prices for works by the most eminent masters, by the way, is several times higher prices for Russian art. Such a move on the part of Sotheby `s (like the opening of last year's auction house representative in Moscow) showed that in the Russian market have high expectations. It is interesting that the site was chosen for the exhibition is not even the museum space in the center of Moscow (as in the past Moscow predpokazah), while placing in the prestigious district of Moscow, at Rublevka highway. In addition, to represent the auction to all interested people the Russians arrived very representative: the Vice-President of Sotheby `s, head of contemporary art by Alex Rotter of New York and chairman of the board of directors of European Sotheby` s, Lord Mark Poltimor.

Russian audience sees a work of Demena Hirst. For the current auction exhibited painting-rondo Hirst with estimeytom 1,5-2 million dollars.

A characteristic sign of the auction will participate in the work of Russian artist and Erik Bulatov. He presents «New York», tentatively estimated at 700-900 thousand dollars. However, a Russian theme in other works of the auction. The attention of potential buyers are invited on Vladimir Tatlin «Memorial» of fluorescent lamps Dan Flavina (estimeyt 600-800 thousand dollars).

One of the major lots in New York auction probably will triptych of Francis Bacon, 1976. He was not brought to Moscow - maybe because estimeyt yet unknown, but previous auction prices for things Bacon exceeded $ 50 million. The same fate befell and «orange, red, yellow» Mark Rothko - an artist, pobivshego all previous price records in the field of contemporary art (72.8 million dollars per picture «White Center» last year).

Judging from your estimeytam, among the most expensive include Yves Klein canvas, made from sheets of pure gold: its preliminary estimate of up to 8 million dollars. The picture of Robert Rauschenberg Overdrive estimated at 15 million dollars, the same is the work of Andy Warhol. At 12 million dollars, experts rated the picture «Untitled», Jean-Michel Baskov.

Source: www.kommersant.ru