Last week, London hosted the next thematic auction of Phillips de Pury, this time devoted to sex. Bidding yielded 1.4 million pounds sterling (2,1 million dollars). New owners have acquired 69 per cent of the work.

Top lot was a picture of British pop artist Allen Jones (Allen Jones) «Soft gait" (1966-1967), the creation of artworks inspired by ads shoes. The work lasted for 361 thousand pounds, with Estima 60-80 thousand.

in second place - an unnamed graphic work of the distinguished German artist Sigmar Polke (Sigmar Polke. Work carried out in 1974, brought 121 thousand pounds. "Then follows the sculpture of Jack Pierson (Jack Pierson) - dimensional letters, folding in the word« SEX »(1992). Buyer laid out for is the creation of 72 thousand. Both of these works was estimated at 60-80 thousand.

great success at the auction enjoyed the work of artists who became famous thanks to the work is sexual content. Example - the famous German photographer Helmut Newton (Helmut Newton). One of his shots, "Hotel in Beverly Hills, was sold for 30 thousand pounds - the upper estimate. Photograph from the series "Kiberzhenschina" brought 1,3 thousand in the evaluation of 600-800 pounds.

But the works of authors whose works are usually not associated Erotic, was more complicated. The sale of four works were exhibited in California Graphics-punk Raymond Pettibone (Raymond Pettibon), of which the buyer has found only one. Drawing "Untitled (The same as he did earlier ...)» (1999) sold at lower estimeytu - over 3 thousand pounds.

Most lots went for the four-digit sum. Among the exceptions - the imprint Jenny Saville (Jenny Saville) and Glen Lachforda (Glen Luchford) «Private Contract number 10 "(1995-1996), who overcame an upper estimeyt to 25 thousand pounds, and brought 67 thousand.

material prepared Yulia Maksimova, AI

Sources: artinfo.com , artinvestment.ru