“Modern and post-war art” at Christie's May 13
ARTinvestment.RU   04 мая 2009

On the evening auction Christie's “Modern and post-war art”, which will be held May 13 in New York, will display rare and outstanding works of the second half of XX century

May 13, at New York auction house Christie's evening auction conducted «Modern and post-war art», which will display rare and outstanding works of the XX century. Total estimeyt auction, which includes 51 of the lot, at 71-104 million dollars.

Robert Manley, head of the New York office of contemporary and postwar art Christie's: «During the bid attention of collectors should primarily involve the diversity of exhibited works, which represent almost the full spectrum of artistic styles and post-war and contemporary art . Collectors of art in recent times have become selective in acquiring new works, especially in this category. That is why, in preparation for the bid, we are particularly well-produced selection of lots, with an emphasis on the outstanding work that had long been in private collections and do not appear on the market, we can say, since its creation ».

section deserves special attention, which includes 20 works from the collection of Betty Freeman. The head of this section diptych David Hockney «Housewife of Beverly Hills» ( estimeyt 6-10 million dollars ), written in the years 1966-1967. Filled with pervasive silence, painting attracts attention of not only the inherent style of the artist flake space, but also demonstrates his ability to use the studio light and a sharp limit to the saturated colors. According to auction house experts, this cloth has all chances to set a new record price for the product Hockney. Early canvas painted by Sam Francis called «Gray», written in 1954, estimated by experts to 2,5-3,5 million dollars. After the first show at the exhibition «Twelve Americans», organized by Dorothy Miller at the New York Museum of Modern Art in 1954, this work has been purchased by Betty Freeman directly from the artist, with whom it has close and friendly relations.

When you create pictures «Fun (Funny Game)» ( 4-7 million dollars ) sources of inspiration for Roy Lichtenstein had his work «The girl with the ball» (1962), posters, comic books and works of Pablo Picasso. The painting «Fun» story famous paintings by Picasso «Bather with Beach Ball», which is in the collection of the Museum of Modern Art in New York, Liechtenstein is interpreted in the style of pop art. Among the other works from the collection of Betty Freeman, is not showing up earlier in the market should also mention the work of Dan Flavina, Alexandra Koldera, Sam Francis, Andy Warhol and Oldenburg Klas.

Cloth «ancestress» (1982) painted by Jean-Michel Basque ( 5-7 million dollars ) - it has amazing energy and is quite rare for the creative legacy of the artist improvisation on the theme of the image women, which can be interpreted both as an image of mother and martyr. In this work Baskov uses techniques that later would become his major works. Like most of the Basque, «progenitress» reflects internal laceration of the artist. Written at the peak of creative activity, «progenitress» stream energy of a young artist whose career is about to be tragically ended.

«Ocean Park number 117» (1979) painted by Richard Dibenkorna ( 4-6 million dollars ) embodies the best qualities that characterize the works of the series «Ocean Park», which harmoniously combine spontaneity with abstraction and geometric symmetry. With bright and cool shades of blue and yellow, the artist was able to recreate the atmosphere of nature on the ocean coast of town.

ironical work by John Baldessari, entitled «Painting for Kubler» ( 1,5-2 million dollars ) is a rare group of works by turning, which the artist created in the years 1966-1968 . Destroying boundaries between text and painting, became the founder lines Baldessari, who boldly used different texts as the main element of his paintings. His works Baldessari has paved the way for experiments Edda Rusha and Richard Prince. By creating this painting the artist has pushed the controversy with the theoretical work of George Kubler, reject all manifestations of formalism and posit the idea that all art works relate to each other.

section of Andy Warhol is headed by the «Last Supper (Camel/57)» 1986 ( 4-6 million dollars ). Scale (more than three meters in length), the canvas is a masterpiece of satire interpretation of Leonardo da Vinci, showing the unmistakable style of Warhol, which is based on combining art and techniques of commercial advertising.

among other top auction lots should highlight two of the Jean and Alexander Dyubyuffe Koldera from a private collection Kerel Gimbel Lebvort known New York art patron, whose collection was a lot of works of leading artists and sculptors of the XIX and XX centuries. Kerel Lebvort was the daughter of Bernard Gimbela, the owner of the famous department store on Broadway. The original painting by Jean Dyubyuffe «Pink woman» (1950) was in the gallery of Pierre Matisse, and later belonged to the famous patron of art and surrealist Alfonso Ossora. Whimsical mobile by Alexander Koldera called «Seven black on black» (1956) was evaluated by experts in the 400-600 thousand dollars.

Piero MANZONI, according to critics, enfant terrible of Italian postwar art, for the most part, is developing a conceptual work which radically rejects any artistic traditions. Work MANZONI «Black & White» 1958-1959's valued by experts at the auction house 1,8-2,2 million dollars. When you create a series of works to which the lot is put up for auction, Mantsoni duck canvases for kleeobraznuyu mass, and then Sushil formed spontaneously folds and podteki deliberately excluding a direct influence on the artist's process of creating works of art.

section of abstract expressionism works by Jackson Pollock ( «Untitled», 1951, 400-600 thousand dollars ), Willem de Kuninga ( «woman», 1953, 1,4-1,8 million dollars ), Franz Kline ( «Lorelina», 1956, 3-5 million dollars ) and Mark Rothko ( «Untitled», 1959, 3-4 million dollars ). It should be noted that Rothko canvas - this is a rare work in oil, using densely-red, which was written at the height of the creative forces of the artist.

Contemporary Art will be presented at the auction of Peter Doig «Night Fishing» 1993 (3-4 million). This painting is a vivid example of how an artist develops one of his favorite themes: the image of the canoe, resting on a water surface. This enigmatic work, bearing an impression of something otherworldly, brings to mind the names of great masters such as Monet, Turner, Rothko and Pollock.

Art of Jeff Koons will be presented at the auction parovozikom steel with whiskey «Jim Bim» 1986 ( 0,7-1 million-dollar ), which belongs to the series under the title «Luxury and decay ». At the creation of this work, Koons inspired advertising company «Jim Bim», in which the gift bottles produced in the form of locomotives. This work was, according to Koons, his first experience working with stainless steel - then one of the favorite Koons.

Source : Press Release Christie's