Paul Cezanne Gambler. 1892-1896
Watercolour
Christie's. 01.05.2012
Estimate: 15-20 million dollars
Source: christies.com

rare and well preserved watercolor by Paul Cezanne, not exhibited since 1953, will appear at auction at Christie's in May. Price of work can make up to $ 20 million. It is made at the end of the XIX century a preparatory sketch on paper to the famous series of five paintings with card players (one of these paintings in 2011 was bought in a private transaction of the royal dynasty of Qatar for $ 250 million).

Seat Cezanne watercolor with card players remained unknown for decades, and has recently discovered the work in the collections of the Texas doctor. The auction house has found this sketch while parsing the collection of Dr. Eichenwald Geniza (Heniz Eichenwald), who died last September at the age of 85 years.

Christie's president Marc Porter said that the picture was kept in the family for 80 years: "They were very closed people. Art, they were kept for personal enjoyment, not to put it on display. He was not hiding in storerooms, from him to enjoy. But the family did not think that art is so important to maintain status in society ».

In last year's catalog of the Metropolitan Museum Storage watercolor with card players was not specified. International director of Impressionist and Modern Christie's Sharon Kim (Sharon Kim) said that scientists are seriously worried, as if the sketch is lost forever to scholars and collectors.

When the registry items from the collection of auction officials Eichenwald house stumbled upon the mention of watercolors by Cezanne, they were intrigued. Christie's experts quickly made sure that it is most likely, the same job disappeared, mentioned in the catalog Met. A sketch is close to the beautiful version of "Card Players", which belongs to the Orsay Museum.

«You can see in the spontaneity of watercolors of the same as in the work of the Orsay. The artist here is to find solutions for his work on canvas. Paints awesome "- says Kim.

Successors collection of Dr. Eichenwald aware that this work is important, but were simply amazed at its auction estimate. Christie's set the upper limit of the estimate of 20 million dollars. For the first time in the last decade, the top lot of the auction of impressionist and modernist would work on paper. Watercolor show in Geneva in April, before it put up for auction in New York, May 1.

Prepared by Mary Onuchina, AI

Sources : artinvestment.ru