Put up for auction a collection of postwar German art
Sotheby's will offer works by Georg Baselitz, Gerhard Richter, Sigmar Polke, and other famous artists
GERHARD RICHTER
1024 colors. 1974
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Georg Baselitz
Spekulatius. 1965
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at London auction Sotheby's 29-30 June customers will be offered 59 works of art from the collection of German industrialist Count Christian Durkheim (Christian Dürckheim). Many jobs do not appear on the market for over 30 years. Estimate the meeting is about $ 55 million. From 6 to May 9, top lots will be exhibited in New York.
Durkheim bought only German art. Seriously interested in the creative artists of his country, he began after 1970 saw a print of Georg Baselitz (Georg Baselitz) under the title "Hero." After some time he had met in Baselitz, and through him - with other members of the German art scene. Collected works of Durkheim includes such outstanding masters of modern art, like Gerhard Richter (Gerhard Richter), Sigmar Polke (Sigmar Polke) and Blinky Palermo (Blinky Palermo), as well as lesser-known artists - Joerg Immendorff (Jörg Immendorff), Lugano Conrad (Konrad Lüg ), Eugen Schönebeck (Eugen Schönebeck) and others.
acquire new works for his collection is not going to count. "I can not do that - he says. - It is time to focus on something else».
Among the key auction lots - a picture Polke "Jungle" (1967), created wave experiments with pointillism artist. The work depicts a sunset seen through the thick leaves. Preliminary assessment - 5-6,5 million. Collectors also have the opportunity to buy now Baselitz Spekulatius (1965, a series of "Hero") and one of the "color table" Richter. Items valued at 3-4,1 1,5-2,4 million and million respectively.
Gerhard Richter is the author most expensive work of German artists. In 2008, his painting "Candle" brought at Sotheby's $ 16 million .
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