A sculpture by Henry Moore - for 19 million pounds. Overall, Christie's evening sale of Impressionist works, modernists and surrealists brought 135 million pounds

in London yesterday evening auctions of Christie's« Impressionist and Modern Art "and" The art of surrealism » in the amount of 135 million pounds yielded (total estimate ranged from 86.2 to 127 million pounds). At the February auction similar to last year, Christie's has earned 84.9 million pounds.

buyers in the audience and was invited by phone 88 works of Impressionist, Modern and Surrealist, 86 percent of them found buyers. "The belief in the value of physical assets is growing today - says New York dealer David Benrimon (David Benrimon). - In the art market comes more new people without much knowledge and experience».

Vincent Van Gogh View of shelter and chapel at Saint-Remy. 1889 Oil on canvas. 45,1 x 60,4 Christie's. 7.02.2012. Lot number 12 Estimate: 5-7 million pounds Result: 10.1 million pounds Source: Press Release Christie's

works from the collection of Elizabeth Taylor last night brought a total of 13.8 million pounds (21.9 million dollars). Top lot of the sections was Van Gogh's painting "View of the shelter and the chapel at Saint-Remy" - Not Signed 1889, representing a refuge in Provence, where the artist had been treated. "View of the orphanage ..." cost to the buyer, which is traded on the phone, 10.1 million pounds ($ 16 million) at 5-7 million pounds estimeyte.

Van Gogh Landscape with a haven of Saint-Remy was bought by an art dealer Francis Taylor, the father of Elizabeth, for 92,000 pounds at Sotheby's in 1963 and presented to his daughter. In the 2000s, attempted to seize the canvas for the restitution, but the Court of Appeals in 2007 ruled in favor of the actress.

Two works from the same meeting went more estimate. Early "Self Portrait" by Edgar Degas (estimate 350-450 thousand pounds) was sold for 713.25 thousand pounds, and for the landscape, "Apple Trees in Arani," Camille Pissarro (0.9-1.2 million pounds), the new owner paid 3 million pounds.

rest of the Taylor collection was sold at auction in December, in a series of auctions, Christie's, and earned 157 million dollars. Part of the proceeds will go to the actress-based Foundation for AIDS (ETAF).

Henry Moore Reclining Figure: Festival. 1951 Bronze. The length of 244,5 Christie's. 07/02/2012. Lot number 23 Estimate: 3.5-5.5 million pounds Result: 19.1 million pounds Source: Press Release Christie's

Joan Miró picture-poem. In 1925 (« body of my dark-haired woman, because I love her as a kitten, dressed in light green and green hail, it does not matter ») Oil on canvas. 130,2 x 96,5 Christie's. 7.02.2012. Lot number 117 Estimate: 6-9 million pounds Result: 16.8 million pounds Source: Press Release Christie's

surprise of the evening was sale of work by Henry Moore's "Reclining Figure: Festival" (1951) for 19.1 million pounds (estimate: 3.5-5.5 million pounds). covered with dark patinated bronze sculpture put up for sale a New Yorker. work relates to the early monumental bronzes Moore, she's got five copies, one of which was exhibited at the Festival of Britain in 1951. version, which appeared yesterday at Christie's, bought a Cologne dealer Alex Lachmann (Alex Lachmann), working with Russian clients. In the struggle bet he resisted, at least Six clients. hammer price more than four times higher than the previous personal record by Henry Moore at 4.3 million pounds, set at Christie's London in 2008.

«If Giacometti worth 100 million, the as Moore's important work can cost less than a tenth of that amount - said New York dealer Christophe Van de Vega (Christophe Van de Weghe). - Perhaps this kind of logic is behind this stunning price ».

«Picture-poem" (1925) Joan Miro also caused a hot fight betting and eventually went to a telephone buyer for 16.8 million pounds in estimeyte 6.9 million pounds. early work of Spanish surrealist highly valued, and the vertical web of the the same year in the range of ocher is in the collections of the Art Institute of Chicago and the New Orleans Museum of Art.

The highest estimate in the evening, 12-18 million pounds, Cubist still life belonged to Juan Gris 'Book' in 1914 -1915 years. Despite the newness of this market work (never exhibited), a preliminary assessment it was still too ambitious - now sold as a result of a telephone buyer for 10.3 million pounds, much cheaper than the predicted price. "estimate was simply too high. In rest, the good works sold well, "- says Van de Vega.

Prepared by Mary Onuchina, AI

Sources : artinvestment.ru