Top lot was the print of Pablo Picasso, has exceeded the upper estimeyt more than twice

June 29 in Paris was held auction Sotheby's, which was attended by 139 works from the collection of the dealer Ambroise Vollard, visionary (Ambroise Vollard) . Collection, hidden in a bank vault in the Second World War and found only a few decades later, brought 3.5 million euros (4.3 million dollars).

gem of the collection, now Andre Derain "Trees in Kolliure", it was decided to put on the London auction of impressionist and modernist June 22. work bought for 16.3 million pounds in the evaluation 9-14 million . In Paris, there were mostly drawings and prints. Top lot was Picasso print "scanty meal", who left for 720.8 thousand euros at Estima 180-300 thousand. A monotype by Edgar Degas' "The Holiday mistress brothel" with the image of feasting girls of easy virtue was sold for 516.8 thousand (estimate 200-300 thousand).

was expected that the list of the most expensive lots in the evening head portrait of Emile Zola's work of his friend Paul Cézanne, but the sale never took place because of which occurred during the bidding error. Experts estimated now at 500-800 thousand euros. Cezanne portrait of Zola, there is very little: the artist, known for his perfectionism, destroyed most of his work with the image of his friend, because he considered them to be unsuccessful. "Maybe Paul talents of a great artist, but he lacks the willpower to become them. The slightest obstacle - and he dropped his hands "- complained about a famous writer.

world of art waiting for those trades for many years. Another would be: Vollard is considered a pioneer of many artists and innovators end of XIX - the beginning of the twentieth century and one of the pioneers of the art market, as we know it today. Condition works great, too: in the safe they were protected from light and other "enemies of the charts. "In a sense, the bidders to buy these products directly from the Vollard", - said vice-president of Sotheby's in Paris, Andrew Strauss (Andrew Strauss).

dealer was killed in a car crash in 1939 , two months before the war. Part of his treasures into the hands of a friend a young man named Erich Shlomovich (Erich Slomovic), who sent some work in his native Yugoslavia - later, they entered into the collection of the National Museum in Belgrade. Other works were placed in the custody Paris bank Société Générale and placed in the same safe. In 1942 Shlomovich tragically died at the hands of the Nazis. And his cell bank opened in 1979. Since the rent for her have been made for many years, decided to sell the contents at auction. But the auction was canceled: its right to have the heirs of Vollard. Litigation lasted for many years, and as a result of the meeting was divided as follows: a small percentage of the works went to the heirs Shlomovicha, and most were the heirs of the dealer. They put the work at Sotheby's.

material prepared Yulia Maksimova, AI

Source: Associated Press , artinvestment.ru