It is expected that the painting, which belongs to the famous series "Anthropometry", will bring about $ 10 million

YVES KLEIN "ANT 93, bison". 1960-1961
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According to Bloomberg, the auction of postwar and contemporary art Christie's may 11, will have a very important work by French artist-концептуалиста Yves Klein (Yves Klein). Auction house experts are predicting that the painting, which belongs to the famous series "Anthropometry", will bring about $ 10 million.

the Work was created in the early 1960-х. It's called "ANT 93, bison". "Live brush" this picture was made by a naked model, whose body was covered with blue paint signature International Klein Blue. The size of the product is 177,8 x of 280.4 see the Work of Klein's larger and has appeared at public auction only once.

a creation of the artist put up for auction for the first time. Autred Francis (Francis Outred), head of the European contemporary art Department, notes that it is one of the few of his paintings depicting animals. The work was written shortly before the death of the author — artist died of a heart attack in 1962, at the age of 34. There is a picture of Klein, where in the background you can see the "Bison".

the Picture comes from the collection of a certain American who had purchased it 10 years ago. According to Autreda the owner decided to sell it because it has inspired observed in the last three years, the growth of prices for works of European conceptualists 1950-х and 1960-х.

Works by Klein, which appeared in the February auction of contemporary art, has brought more than 16 million pounds (24.2 million dollars). on 11 February jeweler Laurence Graff (Laurence Graff) laid out for "Anthropometry (ANT 5)" as much as 4.1 million pounds, which exceeded the preliminary estimate twice. In 2001, the seller has gained her just 388.5 thousand pounds.

the Most expensive work of Klein is a gold monochrome "MG 9," which brought in may 2008 23.6 million dollars (by new-йоркских Sotheby's auction).

the Classics of postwar art, such as Klein and Lucio Fontana (Lucio Fontana), suffered from crisis less, than fashionable young artists, in particular Damien Hirst (Damien Hirst) and Jeff Koons (Jeff Koons), the price of which fell by 50 percent. "Buyers believe the works [Klein and Fountains] cheap compared to American art, — says Outred. — During the recession, buyers tend to buy the work of those artists, whose market is most likely will grow."

bison will be auctioned on the same day as that of works of art from the collection of the famous writer and screenwriter Michael Crichton (Michael Crichton).

the Material was prepared Yulia Maksimova, AI

Sources: bloomberg.com, artinvestment.ru