11 and 12 May Christie's and Sotheby's hold a big auction of postwar and contemporary works of art. High estimeytami directories boast not only the classics such as Warhol, Klein and , but today's stars, whose market in times of speculative fever beat all records, but with the end of the art boom somehow calmed down and depressed. Among the latter - Jeff Koons (Jeff Koons), Richard Prince (Richard Prince) and Maurizio Cattelan (Maurizio Cattelan). Stimulated by records in the segments of the old masters ( Rafael ) and modernism ( Alberto Giacometti , Pablo Picasso ), auction houses expect and contemporary art will soon return to pre-crisis price levels. Nevertheless, the price index of this segment is still at the level of May 2009.

May 11 at Christie's will be 49 lots, 29 of them have the potential to overcome the mark of one million dollars. In accordance with the trend of recent years blockbuster number one would be to work by Andy Warhol (Andy Warhol), which in terms of the market is second only to Picasso. His "Silver Liz" estimated at 10-15 million dollars. It is worth noting that the twin sister of Liz brought in November 2002, 4 million, so that if the painting will be sold at Christie's for a sum within estimeyta, it will mean that less than eight years, she added, the price of 150%. In total, the auction will be exhibited six Warhol, and if they all leave at upper estimeytu, the total amount to much as 45 million. A preliminary assessment from 7 to 12 million a picture of "Holly Solomon - nine portraits of the famous art dealer.

Another top lot - « ANT 93, Bison Yves Klein (Yves Klein) , which is considered one of the most important French artists of the second half of the century. This work is "anthropometry" - that is the picture, "brush" by some of the nude body model. The work done in the "firm" klyaynovskom blue color International Klein Blue, which he even patented. Estimeyt - 8-12 million dollars.

Christie's also managed to get 31 Artworks from the collection of writer, director and producer Michael Crichton (Michael Crichton) , among which are two important works by Robert Rauschenberg (Robert Rauschenberg) - «Trapeze," in October 1972 the first purchased for 42,5 thousand, and now estimated at 5-7 million, and "Scene of the workshop, which is paid for from her in November 1982 had grown to 350,000 today estimeyta 6-9 million. And of course, museum-quality "Flag" Jasper Johns (Jasper Johns), executed in the encaustic technique. His preliminary estimate is 10-15 million.

Y Sotheby's will also be very expensive Warhol: the monumental "Portrait" (its size - almost three by three meters). Estimeyt a painting is the same as that of "Silver Liz" - 10-15 million. It may be the most expensive in the history of a unique self-portrait (the current record - 11 million dollars for "Self-Portrait. Greenwashing"). In November 1986, Sotheby's sold the "Self-portrait for 26,000.

This is not the only multi-million dollar work of the artist that rich buyers can buy at auction:" Flowers "were estimeyt 5-7 million" Aviamarki - 2,8-3,5 million. The latter, incidentally, in 2005, sold for 900,000.

Optimistic estimeyt - 3.2 million - was given the painting by Philip Gaston (Philip Guston) «Prison. The works of this master did not bring seven figures in 2008. The same hope for rescue steel train Jeff Koons (called Jim Beam - JB Turner Engine). Incidentally, on 13 May last year, the sculpture went to Christie's for $ 2 million. So she had overstepped her upper estimeyt twice, from which it was concluded that the work has the potential for further price growth. Maurizio Cattelan A installation in which the artist's sculpture "looks" from a hole in the floor, estimated at 3-4 million dollars, while that of its previous auction result was 1,8 million (2004, Christie's).

And, of course, impossible not to mention the main blue chip - Mark Rothko. For the nameless track in orange want to get 18-25 million. Since autumn 2008, when the bidding failed ignominiously another good picture of the artist - «№ 43 (maroon", estimated at 20-30 million - works of Rothko, this class does not appear in auctions. According to the dizzying estimeytam lots, the upper segment market suffered from the crisis is short-lived. On the other hand, can draw attention to the fact that the directories are the works of contemporary art from China, Japan and India (except for the Anish Kapoor (Anish Kapoor), who, with equal success can be attributed to the British) .

material prepared Yulia Maksimova, AI

Sources: artprice.com , artinvestment.ru