French Information Resource Artprice.com published the rating of the ten most successful in the global auction of works of Russian artists in 18 months: all of 2010 and the first half of 2011. (The prices listed in this article may differ from other materials ARTinvestment.RU the value of Buyer's Premium.)

Top 10 works of Russian artists at international auctions (2010 - June 2011)

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№	< strong> Author	Title	result, dollars	Auction
a	Chaim Soutine	valet. Around 1927/28	10,385,900	June 22, 2010, Sotheby's, London
2	Alexei Jawlensky	lady with the green fan	10 million	May 3, 2011, Sotheby's, New York
< p class = "mat1"> 3	Natalya Goncharova	Spaniard. 1916	9083520	February 2, 2010, Christie's, London
4	Nicholas Feshin	Little Cowboy	9041620	< p class = "mat1"> December 2, 2010, Macdougall Arts Ltd., London
5	Wassily Kandinsky	Bavarian village and field	7.1148 million	< p class = "mat1"> June 21, 2011, Christie's, London
6	Ilya Repin	Parisian cafe. 1875	6.572 million	June 6, 2011, Christie's, London
7	Natalia Goncharova	Trees in Blossom (Apple trees in bloom)	5642700	February 9, 2011, Christie's, London
8	Wassily Kandinsky	depth pulse	May 5, 2010, Sotheby's, New York
9	Marc Chagall	Bathsheba. 1965	4.8231 million	February 10, 2011, Sotheby's, London
10	Wassily Kandinsky	Scharf-Ruhig. 1927	4.2042 million	June 21, 2011, Christie's, London

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Chaim Soutine

Since 2001, prices of Chaim Soutine soaring. Over the past ten years (2000-2010) his work showed at least 32 matches over 1 million dollars, and the peak of its popularity the artist's work has reached in 2006-2007. This period is the current personal record Soutine - 7.8 million pounds (15.3 million dollars) for the painting "Man in a red scarf» (Sotheby's, London). After two years of recession the market works Soutine by 2010 already recovered, and 22 June 2010 at London's Sotheby's auction work "valet" was sold for 7 million pounds (10.3 million dollars in third place in the ranking of the most expensive works of the artist). The amount of this transaction alone exceeded the total value of works of Soutine for all of 2008. 95%of the turnover of the auction of works by this artist falls on U.S. (32%) and British (63%) sites.

Natalya Goncharova

first seven-digit auction result of Natalia Goncharova earned in 2008: a colorful canvas" Flowers " hammer price reached 4.9 million pounds (9.6 million) at auction at Christie's in London. Price index of works Natalia Goncharova behaves very lively since 2006 - the year in which revenue from the auction of works the artist has exceeded the total revenue from its pictures in the previous seven years. From 2006 to 2009 the price of the product Goncharova at public auction rose by 84%and in 2010 started selling gorgeous "Spanish flu" at Christie's London February 2 for 4.9 million pounds ($ 9 million) - now the best auction result of the artist.

Although the record of the results of Goncharova's already 15 more than a million, most of her works are still relatively accessible: more than 80%of the works of the artist, put up for auction in the last 12 months, went under the hammer in less than 10 thousands of dollars.

after 67%strength drop the price index of works by Chagall in 2008-2010, the market is again gaining the shape of the artist and displays the results worthy of the star for Marc Chagall 1990: Two works have left the hammer expensive $ 3.5 million, including the painting "Bathsheba" (4.8 million dollars, Sotheby's, London). However, prices for Chagall are still far from 1990 - the year of success, as much as 24 works went under the hammer million more, including his painting "Jubilee", sold for a record for the artist 13.5 million dollars (Sotheby's, New York City).

In 2010 alone, at a public auction were sold in 1013 Chagall's works (26 ranked Artprice Top-500 artists in auction turnover for the year). Chagall yet most highly ranked and best-selling Russian artist in the global art market. In sum, America (50%) and Britain (27%) spend 80%of auction sales Chagall. Love Chagall in France and Switzerland, which sells 13%of his work.

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In London Christie's auction June 6, 2011 in London, painting by Ilya Repin, "Parisian cafe" has brought as much as 4 million pounds (6.5 million) - a personal record and a whole new dimension to the price of works by this artist. In fact, it's $ 5 million more than the previous record in June 2009. Thanks to this result, the price index of works of Repin in ten years (2001-2011) grew by 177%. Only one hammer price "Paris Cafe" is equal to the aggregate income from the works of the famous Wanderers during the preceding five years (2006-2010).

market works Repin is not closed just on the Anglo-American markets: in Britain sold 33%of its work in Finland - 30%, and in Sweden - 16%, and these three countries produce 83%of global revenue for the auction of Repin (the proportion of England with the largest - 57%). But America, Germany and France rarely sell paintings of Ilya Efimovich - they only get 5, 6 and 4%respectively of his work.

The following discussion focuses on two students Ilya Efimovich - Nicholas Feshin Alexei Jawlensky and.

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In December 2010 film "Little Cowboy" Nikolai unexpectedly Feshina brought to auction 5.8 million pounds ($ 9 million) estimeyte 500-700 thousand pounds. Prior to the sale of Feshina never even stepped a seven-digit threshold. The result is "Little Cowboy" has provided almost half of total revenue of all the London auction Macdougall Arts classical and contemporary Russian art (December 2, 2010), in which, among other things, besides Feshina offered another 245 lots. In just seven months before the legendary sale, 5 May 2010, the same job went to New York auction of William Doyle Auctions for 525 thousand dollars. Thus, the interim owner of the picture to Macdougall Doyle earned its resale within six months of at least 8.5 million dollars. In December 2010 two paintings by Nicholas Feshina crossed the bar at $ 1.5 million - one in April, another - in November 2011.

Alexei Jawlensky

In New York Sotheby's auction May 3, 2011 work Alexei von Jawlensky, "The Lady with the green fan" went to the new buyer for $ 10 million (estimate 8-12 million). In 1975, the same work at Christie's was sold for only 46.2 thousand pounds (93.4 thousand dollars). "The lady with the green fan" while the second in the list of most expensive von Jawlensky, and the first place it takes work, "Shokko a wide-brimmed hat" (16.5 million dollars, Sotheby's, February 2008).

Russian expressionist works Yavlenskogo interested mainly British and American auction houses: Britain sells 60%of its worldwide turnover of the auction, and the United States - 25%. And if you count not on the amount earned and the number sold, then the leader is Germany, which sells 47%of the work von Jawlensky (31%- UK and 13%- USA).

Wassily Kandinsky

Since May 2010 to June 2011 three works by Wassily Kandinsky moved out of $ 4.2 million at a public auction. The first work, "depth pulse", 5 May 2010 was sold for $ 5 million. A year later, the auction of Impressionist and Modern Christie's June 21, 2011 two more works by Kandinsky - "Bavarian village and field," and «Scharf-Ruhig» - brought to 7.1 and 4.2 million respectively.

Since 2010 the price index of works by Kandinsky grew by 151%. The most important work of this leading representative of the school "Bauhaus" is usually included in the auction catalogs of London and New York: in these two cities accounted for 86%of the total annual turnover of the auction of his works (49%sold in New York and 37 - in London). It is the best place for overseas transactions auction with works by Kandinsky: for five of the results of over 7.9 million dollars, including the record-breaking sale of "Fugue" in May 1990 for 19 million dollars.

Prepared by Mary Onuchina, AI

Source: artinvestment.ru

Comment Editor : Thank you for rating French colleagues annual auction records. Participants were not surprised - with rare exception there is "our everything". It is a pity, and Tamara Lempicka in this ranking Russian do not give, but will survive somehow.

Since mathematics is clear, but some of the findings would like to comment. For example, the thesis that, despite the high cost of the masterpieces of work 81%Goncharova at auction last year were of high affordability - for less than they asked for 10 thousand dollars. I'm surprised that only 81 - not more. This is a prime example of a blind math does not work in art and leads to paradoxical conclusions. If you look at indicators of investment risk ARTinvestment.RU, it turns out that this 81%, and even more - it's "Goncharov" not Goncharova. There's entirely red and yellow "traffic light". In short, these statistics about the "availability" catching bad fake pictures, at the cost of 2.5 thousand euros, which walk the fine auctions.

Of the total number of record holders stands still deal with the "boy-cowboy "Nicholas Feshina. Taken on MacDougall's weight in $ 9 million still remains one of the discussion deals. How could this happen, is not known. Rating of the originator delight at the fact that the deliverer has earned on the resale of 8.5 million dollars a picture, I would not share. Most of these prices, by the way, and was not close. On the other hand, it's all the details, but there is a formal figure - and the rating of the song will not throw out a figure.

Vladimir Bogdanov, AI