Today, May 5, auction houses Sotheby's holds the New York Evening bidding works of impressionists and modernists. Customers will be offered the work of such prominent authors as Claude Monet (Claude Monet), Pablo Picasso (Pablo Picasso), Henri Matisse (Henri Matisse), Lyonel Feininger (Lyonel Feininger) and Modigliani (Amedeo Modigliani). Many of them come from prominent private collections and have never appeared on the market.

• Pablo Picasso A woman in a big hat
  1965. Oil on canvas. 92 x 73
  Sotheby's. 05/05/2010. Lot № 19
  estimate: 12.8 million

special section of the auction are Women's portraits. Noteworthy among them Picasso "Woman in a big hat" (1965), to create artworks inspired by his last wife, Jacqueline Rock (Jacqueline Roque). In fact, she never posed for her husband, but her presence permeated all of his later work. This picture comes from the collection of Patricia Kennedy Lawford (Patricia Kennedy Lawford), daughter of Joseph and Rose Kennedy (Joseph and Rose Kennedy), sister of President John F. Kennedy (John Kennedy). Mrs. Lawford visited Picasso's studio in the late 1960's, was impressed by this work and arranged for its purchase from the artist's dealer. After that, the portrait remained in the meeting Lawford until her death in 2006. Its value is estimated by experts auction house in 8-12 million dollars.

• Amedeo Modigliani Jeanne Hebuterne a necklace. Ok. 1916-1917
  canvas. 55,8 x 38,7
  Sotheby's. 05/05/2010. Lot № 7
  estimate: 12.8 million

similar estimeyt has excellent work of Amedeo Modigliani Jeanne Hébuterne a necklace "does not appear at auction for nearly 70 years. It was established in 1916-1917 and is considered the first portrait of his future wife and muse of the artist Jeanne Hebuterne (Jeanne Hebuterne).

• CES Van Dong Girl in a hat with flowers
  1907-1909 Oil on canvas. 96,5 x 77,5
  Sotheby's. 05/05/2010. Lot № 46
  estimate: 4,5-6,5 million dollars

Buyers certainly be interested in two portrait by Kees van Dongen (Kees Van Dongen) «Girl in a hat with flowers (estimate 4,5-6,5 million) and" Woman in a hat with roses "(estimate 2-3 million dollars) Related to the early period of the master.

• Henri Matisse Bouquet to July 14, 1919
  1919. Oil on canvas. 116 x 89
  Sotheby's. 05/05/2010. Lot № 14
  estimate: 18-25 million dollars

The most expensive lot of forthcoming auction is "Bouquet of 14 July 1919" by Henri Matisse, estimated at 18-25 million dollars . The artist dedicated the first picture after the end of World War I commemoration of Bastille Day. Almost immediately after he gave it to his dealers - the family Berhnaymov, in a meeting where it was before 1980. Then it was sold at auction for a record price no one private collector, who kept the last 25 years.

• Claude Monet Spring in Giverny. 1890
  canvas. 60 x 100
  Sotheby's. 05/05/2010. Lot № 34
  estimate: 10-15 million dollars

Another work in list of top lots - "Spring in Giverny" (1890) by Claude Monet, worth an estimated auction house experts are in the range of 10 to 15 million dollars. On this canvas the artist painted haystacks, which subsequently became the subject of one of the most famous series of his works.

• Lionel Feininger
  Red violinist. 1934
  canvas. 100 x 81
  Sotheby's. 05/05/2010. Lot № 10
  estimate: 7.5 million
• Wassily Kandinsky
  In-depth momentum. 1928
  canvas. 100 x 76
  Sotheby's 5.05.2010. Lot № 20
  estimate: 4,5-6,5 million dollars

At today's auction will also be offered to buyers of expressionists. "The red violin" Lionel Feininger, written in 1934, comes from the collection of the artist's family and has estimeyt at 5-7 million dollars. A canvas Wassily Kandinsky «depth pulse" with estimeytom to 4,5-6,5 million dollars, created in 1928, kept in a private collection for over 70 years.

• Auguste Rodin Thinker. 1916-1917
  Bronze. Height 71,2
  Sotheby's. 05/05/2010. Lot number 8
  estimate: 6.4 million

Another very interesting Lot - the famous sculpture of Auguste Rodin (Auguste Rodin) «The Thinker", which has a preliminary evaluation of 6.4 million dollars. This rare casting was carried out during the life of the master in the same scale as the original clay model. The same casting is stored in the Museum Rodin in Paris.

course, interested buyers and section surrealistic painting. Here are the paintings "Evening ghost on the beach" (1935) Salvador Dali (Salvador Dali), with estimeytom of 4-6 million dollars, and the characters in a landscape "(1973) Joan Miro (Joan Miro), estimated at 3-4 million dollars.

Material prepared Ekaterina Guseva, AI

Sources: sothebys.com , artinvestment.ru