Sotheby's auctioned 45 million Mane
"Self-portrait" of the famous French artist will appear at the London auction of Impressionist and Modernist June 22
ARTinvestment.RU already talked about top-Lot London auction Christie's June 23 - Pablo Picasso" Portrait of Angel Fernandez de Soto (Amateur absinthe) ». Estimeyt this work, the previous owner which was the composer Andrew Lloyd Webber (Andrew Lloyd-Webber), is 30-40 million pounds. Recently, Sotheby's also shown that no fool, - he managed to get another expensive painting, "Self-Portrait with Palette" Édouard Manet. She will appear at auction impressionists and modernists, June 22. Specialists of the auction house gave the painting an assessment of 20-30 million pounds (30-45 million dollars).
known only two self-portraits by Manet. The second is in the Bridgestone Museum of Art in Tokyo. The Vice-President of Sotheby's, Charles Moffett (Charles Moffett) notes that "Self-Portrait with Palette" is "not only to the best portrait of Manet from all that are in private hands, but one of the greatest self-portrait in history." In 1983, Moffett was one of the curators of the exhibition Manet, which was held in Paris, Grand Palais, and New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art.
picture was painted around 1878. Among its previous owners are a very well-known collectors: at the beginning of the twentieth century belonged to the canvas Auguste Pellerin (Auguste Pellerin), whose collection includes works by Renoir, Pissarro, Sisley, Degas, Monet and Cezanne. In addition, Pellerin was not less than fifty oils and pastels by Manet. Among them the famous "Bar at the Folies-Bergere" (1881-1882), which is now emblazoned on the wall Courtauld Institute Galleries (London).
later work owned by Marquis de Ganey (Marquise de Ganay ) and then switched fabric Jakob Goldschmidt (Jakob Goldschmidt), whose treasure of Sotheby's with great success sold at auction in 1958. "Self-Portrait with Palette" on those auctions bought John Loeb (John Loeb), a major investor, philanthropist and collector. In 1997, Loeb collection, which included important works by Cezanne, Degas, Matisse, Manet and Gauguin, is also gone from the auction. "Self-portrait with Palette" bought for 18.7 million dollars.
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