Yesterday in London, the auction of Russian Art Sotheby's, which brought 10.4 million pounds. Owners have replaced 17 works from 26. Top lot was the picture of the artist-traveler Alexander Yakovlev entitled "Titi and Narang, daughter of the chief Eki Bondo" . The image of two African beauties gone for 2.5 million pounds (hereinafter referred to as the final prices include the Buyer's Premium) in Estima 700-900 thousand, and took a proud second place in the list of the most important results of auction of the artist - after the a portrait of his friend Basil Shukhayev , who brought Three years ago at Christie's 2,8 million.

1,78 million pounds to pay for "Portrait Zinovei Grzhebin" brush Yuri Annenkov , estimated at 0,8-1,2 million. This work is close to record « The Portrait of Aleksandr Nikolaevich Tikhonov » (2,26 million dollars at Christie's in 2007) - the same period, almost the same size, same synthesis of realism with experimental findings.

in third place became a "dark forest" landscape Ivan Shishkin , which bought a 1.2 million (estimate 1-1, 5 million).

But the highest rated pictures ("Sunset over Ishiey, 600-800 thousand) and (« Meeting in the park ", 500-700 thousand) have not found buyers.

material prepared Yulia Maksimova, AI

Sources : sothebys.com , artinvestment.ru