The total cost of three paintings of the classics of pop art could exceed $ 100 million

According to Wall Street Journal, at auction Christie's contemporary art on Nov. 10 will be first-rate picture of the master of pop art of Roy Lichtenstein (Roy Lichtensitein), estimated at $ 40 million work at auction has exposed a gambling mogul Steve Wynn (Steve Wynn). It is also reported that she already has a guaranteed buyer.

painting, which is called «Ohhh ... Alright ... »(« O. .. Well ...»), was written in 1964. She belongs to a series executed in the firm "komiksovoy" style images of girls in a depressed state. Wynn bought it in the gallery Acquavella few years ago. It is known that before painting belonged to the famous American comedian Steve Martin (Steve Martin). At the auction, she did not appear even once, but it repeatedly offered in the private market. According to a browser WSJ, this may weaken the interest in it by American collectors, who are much more willing to fight for the masterpieces that were found in one collection for several decades. However, buyers from other countries that have started to collect pop-art recently, little concerned with such details - they are primarily seeking to acquire an outstanding job, regardless of its market innovation.

general public could see the picture on the Show Lichtenstein "Girls", which took place two years ago in New York, Larry Gagosian Gallery. In the collection of Wynn's work alongside the work of the works of Van Gogh, Manet, Cezanne, Gauguin, Matisse, Warhol, Rembrandt and Turner, as well as Picasso's Dream ", which is a billionaire once accidentally poked his elbow.

In 2008, Christie's acted as an intermediary in a private sale of paintings of Liechtenstein "Tears of Joy" (1964), for which it paid $ 35 million in 2002, the painting was bought by "only" a 7.1 million The current record for the artist is the sum of 16.2 million, laid out in 2005 for his film "In the car" (1963).

The same evening, Christie's will present a picture of Andy Warhol (Andy Warhol) «Much of the bank vegetables Campbell soup cans with opener "(1962), estimated at 30-50 million dollars Cloth sells the collector from Seattle Barney Ebsworth (Barney Ebsworth), which has never before exhibited works of art is not for sale. Proceeds will go to build a church by the famous Japanese architect Tadao Ando (Tadao Ando). The collection also includes works by Ebsworth Jackson Pollock (Jackson Pollock) and Willem de Kooning (Willem de Kooning), but he chose to part with Warhol, as the latter, according to the owner, can bring much more money. In 1986, the Bank of vegetable soup ... "bought at Christie's for 264 thousand U.S., since it is not seen at auction.

day earlier in the super-rich fans of Warhol will have a chance to buy another one of his outstanding work: at Sotheby's will be "big bottle Coca-Cola» (1962), which is given estimate of 20-25 million This painting from the collection of Elizabeth Rea (Elizabeth Rea).

material was prepared by Julia Maksimova, AI

Sources: online.wsj.com , nytimes.com , artinvestment.ru