Top Ten of auction results in 2010

WALTER Shpis
Balinese legend. 1929
Source: artprice.com

French information portal Artprice.com published a list of the most significant in the past year sales of works of western artists in the Chinese auction. Is a logical choice of material for the art market Celestial now - one of the most dynamic. It is the capital of Hong Kong, which is largely due to the presence there of branches Sotheby's and Christie's, was the fourth most important center of trade in works of art (after New York, London and Paris). China hit by the crisis on the art market is less than the U.S. and Britain, even some time spent in second place in terms of auction sales. Today's prices on the arts in Hong Kong are comparable to New York.

most expensive works of Western artists, sold in 2010 in China. Top-10

1. Shpis Walter (Walter Spies, 1895-1942). Balinese legend. 1929. Christie's, Hong Kong, November 29. 1.87 million dollars.

1. EndiUorhol (Andy Warhol, 1928-1987). Mao. 1972. Christie's, Hong Kong, May 29. 706 thousand dollars.

1. Romualdo Federico Locatelli (Romualdo Frederico Locatelli, 1905 - 1943). Young baliyka with hibiscus. 1939. Christie's, Hong Kong, May 30. 642 thousand dollars.

1. Adrian Jean Le Meyer de Merpres (Adrien Jean Le Mayeur de Merpres, 1880-1958). Workshop weaver. Sotheby's, Hong Kong, October 4. 541 thousand dollars.

1. Adrian Jean Le Meyer de Merpres. Dancing Neither Pollock. Larasati, Hong Kong, November 27. 322 thousand dollars.

1. Adrian Jean Le Meyer de Merpres. Rest in the shade of an umbrella. Sotheby's, Hong Kong, October 4. 219 thousand dollars.

1. Willem Gerard Hofker (Willem Gerard Hofker, 1902 - 1980). None Kende, Bali. 1945. Larasati, Hong Kong, November 27. 116 thousand dollars.

1. Auguste Rodin (Auguste Rodin, 1840-1917). Eternal Spring. Shanghai Hosane Auction Co., Shanghai, June 27. 113.5 thousand dollars.

1. Kete Kollwitz (Käthe Kollwitz, 1867-1945). Portrait. Beijing Yonghe Jiacheng Auction Co., Beijing, June 2. 97 thousand dollars.

1. Auguste Roden. Bronze Age. Shanghai Hosane Auction Co., Shanghai, June 27. 83 000 dollars

As we can see, most places in the ranking is occupied by the artists, linked their fate to Asia. At the top of the list, ahead of the rest in a million, is inhabited by a native of Russia Shpis Walter, who played a key role in the development of Balinese art scene. Product Shpis and Locatelli, Hofkera and Le Mayer de Mespresa most in demand is in Asia. For example, 89 percent of annual auction revenue latter was obtained in Hong Kong and Singapore. In 2004-2007, some of Le Mayer de Mespresa (Belgian, who lived in Indonesia) have brought at auction seven-digit sum.

It is thanks to the Chinese collectors there was a demand for works by Andy Warhol depicting Mao Zedong . Today, Warhol "Mao" on replicability and recognition can argue with his "Marilyn", but in America 1970 a plot was, to say "non" - very few people from wealthy collectors like to see the artist at his portrait on the wall of the Great Helmsman. " And in 2008, according to one collector of China proposed for the giant "Mao" $ 100 million (!). As for print, runner-up in the Top 10, then in 2007 was sold out like in London for nearly 1.47 million dollars.

material was prepared by Julia Maksimova, AI

Source: artprice.com , artinvestment.ru