Top-lot auction was the picture of Basil Shuhaeva “Finnish village. Roofs ”. It has 690.8 thousand pounds when estimeyte 300-500 thousand

Yesterday in London was Russian art auction Christie's . Top-lead, as expected, was the picture of Shuhaeva «Finnish village. Roofs ». She left for 690.8 thousand pounds ($ 1 million) in the evaluation of 300-500 thousand pounds (forecast AI - 350 thousand). The film won second place in the list of most expensive creations of the artist. It should be noted that the largest auction success accompanies paintings Shuhaeva written in the early 1920's. The most expensive work is a portrait painter of the great ballerina Anna Pavlova (1921). In June 2007, he brought to the auction Christie's 916 thousand pounds (in the evaluation of 400-600 thousand). In November of that year, the picture in 1920 «In the village. Finland », very similar to the« Finnish village », was sold at Christie's for 490 thousand pounds, with thousands of estimeyte 250-350. Another such work, «Winter landscape» (1922), last June, has 481 thousand pounds at auction Sotheby's. Estimeyt it was 200-300 thousand.

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But the scenery «birch grove on the outskirts of Moscow», written by Oleg Oleg Vasiliev , were unable to find a new owner. The work was estimated at 60-90 thousand pounds. ARTinvestment.RU predicted care for lower estimeytu. A similar picture of the artist, «After the Rain» (the same period, but the size is much less), went for 39.7 thousand, with thousands of estimeyte 40-60.

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«Violin at the cemetery» Oscar Rabin has been sold quite well - almost 35 thousand pounds in the evaluation of 20-30 thousand. The painting was painted in 1970 - a period which is considered among the artist's most valuable. Recall that a very similar «Violin at the cemetery» in 2006 has brought at auction Macdougall's 168,5 thousand pounds.

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«Woman to ikre» (Caviar Girl) Alexander Kosolapov to estimeyta not dotyanula . Specialists of the auction house estimated it at 15-20 thousand pounds, but it has only 11 thousand. Morning the same day auction was held of works by modern Russian Art Sotheby's, where a much more famous work Kosolapov, painting Lenin Coca-Cola, went for 44.5 thousand pounds in the evaluation of 25-35 thousand.

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picture Unknown «Mask» was sold for 12.5 thousand pounds, with estimeyte 8-12 thousand. A photo of the young artist Oleg Dou left on the bottom border estimeyta - 2 thousand pounds in the evaluation of 2-3 thousand.

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Material prepared Yulia Maksimova, AI

Source: christies.com , artinvestment.ru