"The Art of Impressionism and Modernism" at Christie's on June 23
At the auction, buyers will be offered a masterpiece of Claude Monet's "pond with white water lilies," and "Portrait of Angel Fernandez de Soto" by Picasso and Portrait Rhee Munch, created by Gustav Klimt
an evening auction Christie's «The Art of impressionism and modernism", which will be held June 23 in London, will go a beautiful landscape with lilies brush Claude Monet (1840-1926). The work of "Pond with white lilies" in 1906 participated in the famous exhibition of the artist in Paris in 1909, which was devoted to a series of paintings by Monet depicting water lilies and was in possession of family well-known French art dealer Paul Durand-Ruelle in the past dozen years. Available for auction from a private collection, the work is estimated at 30-40 million pounds.
After incredible success in similar trades on May 4 in New York, where canvas by Pablo Picasso's "Nude on a background of the bust and green leaves" breaking a record for the most expensive work of art world and went under the hammer for the amount of 106.48 million dollars , trades "The Art of Impressionism and Modernism" June 23 in London will be the most important auction ever held in London. All in all trades will be offered 63 works of art to the amount of 163.67 to 231.18 million pounds.
addition to paintings by Claude Monet's "pond with white water lilies», They offer a masterpiece of" blue "period of Pablo Picasso (1881-1973)" Portrait of Angel Fernandez de Soto », estimeyt which also varies from 30 to 40 million pounds. He invited from the private collection of Art from the Andrew Lloyd Webber, a charitable organization, whose purpose is to promote the work of art and cultural heritage of the UK.
Giovanna Bertazoni, Director, Department of impressionist and modernist art Christie's in London, noted : "Perfect results of our trades over the past year, especially during the previous six months, further strengthened the confidence of sellers - we are seeing a huge desire on the part of customers' display of outstanding quality for sale. In the art market today is strong international demand for the best and rare works, and how to prove our last auction in New York, bringing together buyers from Russia, China and the Middle East along with buyers from Europe and America, the market is truly is global ».
Monet was the most famous Monet, Pissarro, and today is one of the most famous in the history of European art. In 1890 he bought a house in Giverny, where he lived since 1883, and rebuilt the garden so that there was a place for a pond with water lilies, which later became the main subject of his paintings.
Up 1899 Monet total of ten times he wrote his garden pond, perhaps waiting for the landscape will lose features a remake and acquire naturalness, and the vegetation becomes more mature, and it was in 1899 and 1900 the garden became the main subject of the image on the painter's canvases. During these years, Monet's more interested in light effects light on the water in the pond, he again and again wrote to garden in Giverny, destroying the work did not satisfy him. This clearly shows the letter he wrote to his friend Gustave Zheffrua in 1908, when he was still fascinated by this theme: "You should know that I was absorbed in his work. These landscapes of water and reflections have become the subject of obsession for me. I understand, it's not in my power, and now more than ever, I want to succeed in expressing their own feelings. I deleted some ... I started the new ... and I hope that several must have something after so much effort. (Cited by: Kendall R. Monet by himself: Paintings, drawings, pastels, letters. London, 1989. S. 198).
In 1909, the gallery at the Durand-Ruelle Paris held an exhibition of Monet and the first to show landscapes with white lilies. The presentation was so popular that it extended for another week, and on this occasion, Robert Dell, and later became editor of Connoisseur, and at that time a former correspondent for Burlington Magazine, wrote: "Nobody has ever seen anything like that. These sketches and drawings in the pond with water lilies and landscapes with water in every possible lighting effects and at any time of the day are beautiful to the extent that it is very difficult to express without exaggeration. There is no such artist in the world, which could well see these outstanding lighting effects, this delightful gloss color. (R. Dell, op. By: PH Tucker Claude Monet: Life and Art, New Haven and London, 1995. S. 196). Love of Monet in the garden at Giverny found culmination in his famous monumental canvas with water lilies, which is located in the Museum Orangerie in Paris (rare, signed and dated sketch to him was sold at auction Christie's in London in 2008 for 41 million pounds).
work, which will be auctioned - the largest of the nine paintings, Monet painted in 1906, and one of the five paintings shown at an exhibition in Paris. She was kept in the family collection Durand-Ruelle for several decades and was purchased by present owner at Christie's auction in New York in May 2000.
Giovanna Bertazoni, Director, Department of Art and Impressionism Modernism Christie's London, said: 'Landscapes of Claude Monet's water lilies are one of the most famous works of art of XX century. They have inspired many generations of artists. We are honored to present this magnificent landscape, pond with white water lilies, which was shown during the exhibition in 1909 and which has ever since been kept in the family collection Durand-Ruelle for several decades. It is also important that, along with the work of Monet at auction will be presented to outstanding masterpieces - paintings by Pablo Picasso's "blue" period, "Portrait of Angel Fernandez de Soto (Amateur absinthe), the work of Gustav Klimt's" Portrait of Rhee Munch and Vincent van Gogh masterpiece 1889. We will present an auction-known works of the most important creative period of the most celebrated and influential artists of the last century ».
Other top lots of trades:
« Portrait of Angel Fernandez de Soto (Amateur absinthe) »1903 Pablo Picasso (1881-1973), with estimeytom from 30 to 40 million pounds, from the collections of the Art Fund, Andrew Lloyd Webber.
« Portrait Rhee Munch III » - one of the greatest female portraits painted by Gustav Klimt (1862-1918 ) , with an estimated cost of 14 to 18 million pounds.
« Park Hospital St. Paul »1889 brush Vincent van Gogh (1853-1890) was written at the time of the artist's stay in hospital of St. Paul, this period is considered one of the most important in the artist. Available from the well-known private European collection, which was in 1960, the work is estimated at 12.8 million pounds.
Work « Kiss » 1969 Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) was created during the heyday of the creative artist, culminating in a series of important paintings on this theme. Exhibited at the famous Picasso show at the Papal Palace in Avignon in 1970, the work is estimated at 12.8 million pounds.
Bed « A lover of reading », written by Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) around 1921, was created in one of the most interesting and fruitful periods in the artist's creative career. Purchased by the present owner in 1968, pastel is estimated at between $ 6 to 9 million pounds.
« Nude on a long couch » 1923 brush Henri Matisse (1869 -1954) before the private collection of well-known industrialist and collector Henry Canon. Not appear in public since its establishment, the picture offered in the auction for the first time (estimate 5,5-8,5 million pounds).
Among the top Organizers include lots of work by Otto Dix (1891-1969) « pregnant woman » in 1919 (estimate 4-6 million pounds) and Rene Magritte (1898-1967) « Secret barricades of 1961 (estimate 3-4 million pounds).
Source: press release Christie's
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