Paris «Aunt» painting sells Russian artists abroad
ARTinvestment.RU   26 июня 2008

Paintings by Russian immigrants with pastel Renoir at auction in Paris's oldest pawnshop

The oldest pawnshop in France - the Paris Credit Municipal, known by the historical nickname «Aunt», today put up for auction, hundreds of works of art from their stores. It is believed that was founded in 1777, Credit Municipal is the second largest in France, a collection of works of art (after the Louvre). Nickname came from the institution after the son of King Louis-Philippe has laid the clock to pay his card debt, but the mother reported that he put them «Aunt». For the sake of justice it is necessary to note that the French Credit Municipal - it has long been not just a pawn-shop, and arranged complex institution, which includes bank site for the auction, and representing a range of services in the field of art market, primarily for storage and valuation works of art.

Among the many displayed at the auction on June 26 paintings, with respect to ownership by the drafters of the auction catalog cautiously suggest «French school XIX century» or «The Flemish School of the XVII century», represented by Auguste Renoir pastel «Girl in the garden», estimated at 150-200 thousand euro. This painting was last exhibited in 1999.

In addition to pastels Renoir, will be sold of the Joan Miro, Paul Sinyaka and other very famous artists, including Russian Serge Poljakova and Leopold Syurvazha .

is particularly interesting for the Russian buyer coming through the auction sale of June 26, the creative legacy of artist-immigrant Nicholas Sinezubova . At the tender put up about a dozen of his works on the ridiculous prices (from 200 to 1 500 euro), significantly below the average prices of his paintings at major auctions . However, this is quite an interesting Russian painter, who lived in the 1930-1940's in Paris and undeservedly forgotten at home (despite the fact that his works are kept in the State Tretyakov Gallery, State Russian Museum and the Pushkin Museum).

For sale and offered subscription picture of another Russian artists abroad, Alexei Grischenko . Cloth «road» posted estimeyt 800-1 000 euro, it is extremely low compared with other precedents auction sales works by this artist .

The day after the auction works of European painting XV - XX Centuries, June 27, Credit Municipal will meet on the sale of decorative art. At the auction will be exhibited, among other things, a vase of one of the principal masters of art glass of Emile Galle Art Nouveau era of very low starting price (300 euro).

remains to await the outcome of the auction.

Anna Savitskaya

Source : www.lenta.ru , www.creditmunicipal.fr , artinvestment . ru