took place in Paris auction Christie's, dedicated to the works of the famous photographer Richard Avedon (Richard Avedon). Collectors and dealers are welcomed venture with unusual enthusiasm: the works were sold out completely, many of them exceeded the preliminary estimates. The overall result was 5,5 million euros (7.5 million dollars). A significant portion of the proceeds will go to philanthropic projects Avedon Foundation.

The auction was billed on 65 lots. The most expensive was shot "Dovima with elephants" (1955), which brought 841,000 euros (1.1 million) - a record for the artist. Work bought representative Dior, that it is not surprising: The model for photos dressed in a gown of this particular brand (by the way, dress was sewn on the project by Yves Saint Laurent). Head of Christie's photography Mathieu Umer (Matthieu Humery) notes that "Dovima, perhaps, the most expensive picture of all that has ever been sold in Europe. Experts have estimated it at 400-600 thousand euros (548-822 thousand dollars), obviously higher than the current record price of 457,000 dollars. Umer called photo provisevshuyu in the artist's studio until his death, "national treasure" (referring, of course, the French nation).

Portfolio The Beatles, had ranked first among the most expensive photographic series, took over 455,000 euros (upper estimate - 350,000). Among the most interesting works, the auction should be noted and portrait of Picasso, April 1958 (97,000 euros), and the image of Suzy Parker (Suzy Parker) and Robin Tatterzolla (Robin Tattersall), roller-skating on the Place de la Concorde (217,000 euros). The upper estimate of both papers - 35 thousand euro. War of the rates for the last lot (self-portrait) was a worthy finale trades: with a tenfold excess of estimate image moved to a new owner for 103,000 euros.

material was prepared by Julia Maksimova, AI

Sources: artinfo.com , artinvestment.ru