Henri Matisse Peonies. 1907 Source:

yesterday in New York auction house Christie's spring auction season started small, but very successful auction, had brought 117 086 000 dollars, almost estimate in the middle of 90,5-130,2 million. Sold 28 of the 31 lots: 10 percent remained unsold lots (4 per cent in value terms). 21 lots went under the hammer million more, and seven works brought more than five million. Personal artistic records at this time did not happen.

Last year a similar auction, including 47 lots, brought the company 156 million. Current auctions have become the most modest two and a half years and one of the most rapid: missed less than an hour.

most significant event of the evening was, perhaps, an unexpected lack of star auctioneer Christopher Birge (Christopher Burge), a place which, however, gladly took Jussi Pilkanen (Jussie Pylkkanen), head of the European division of the auction house.

work of Pablo Picasso (Pablo Picasso) «Dream (Marie-Therese Walter ) "in 1932 went to a telephone buyer for 9,882,500 dollars (estimate 5-7 million). The last time the painting was sold at auction at Christie's in November 2002 at a price of 3,089,500 dollars, and, as we see, was the object of profitable investment.

Picasso have all turned out to be a successful evening: Cannes landscape in watercolor and ink 1933 from a legacy collector from San Francisco, Evelyn Haas (Evelin Haas) «On the terrace," was purchased by London dealer James Raundellom (James Roundell) of 1,594,500 dollars (estimate 500-700 thousand dollars). Raundell described the product as "high quality" and "misunderstood».

Five works by Picasso led the ten most expensive lots of past auctions, the number fell in 1968 and the work of "Two Reclining Nude," which also acquired a buyer, call for 8,818,500 dollars (estimate 8-12 million dollars). The seller owned the painting since 1969 when it purchased in a Paris gallery Galerie Louise Leiris.

Another Picasso work for one - the 15th item, "Seated Woman" (1953) - have fought for At least three customers. The work was sold by phone for 5,234,500 dollars (estimate: 2.5-3.5 million). The painting depicts a woman in a green blouse, most likely - the beloved artist Francoise Gilot (Francoise Gilot), which is precisely at this time left the maitre ( today at Gagosian Gallery just opened an exhibition devoted to the relations Gilot and Picasso, the last 10 years, from 1943 to 1953 ).

Paul Cezanne The player cards Source:

recently discovered watercolor by Paul Cezanne (Paul Cezanne) of his famous series "Players Card" 1892-1896's auction house brought an impressive amount - 19,122,500 dollars (estimate 15-20 million). The work was in a kind of family collection since 1935. This is one of the seven sketches made by Cezanne watercolor and pencil for his paintings of the famous five "players card". Yesterday's result gives a better result with this technique of Cezanne owned by the work of the 1902-1906 period, "Still Life with Green Melon," which in May 2007 at Sotheby's auction yielded 25.5 million dollars.

Apparently, spring mood contributed to high demand at the last auction enjoyed bright decorative work, such as "Peony" by Henri Matisse (Henri Matisse), the work fovistskogo period, written in 1907 in the coastal town of French Oil on canvas. The picture earned 19,122,500 dollars (estimate 15-20 million). Previously, this work has appeared at auction Hotel Drouot in Paris in March 1990 and was sold for 23.5 million francs, or 4,077,029 dollars.

work of Claude Monet (Claude Monet) « Haystacks at Giverny "from the artist's powerful series of 25 paintings of haystacks, earned 9,602,500 dollars (estimate 9-12 million).

attracted the attention of the audience and the work of Mary Cassatt (Mary Cassat ) "Francoise reading in a chair with round back" (c. 1909). For her a struggle, which won the New York dealer John Driscoll (John Driscoll) from the gallery Babcock, not spent their work for 1,538,500 dollars (estimate of 1-1.5 million). The dealer said that the work had come to him at a very reasonable price, and he was happy with it, although it was not in their tender (according to Driscoll, of Cassatt's usually sold in the auction of American paintings).

This evening auction of Impressionist and Modern will be held at the New York office of Sotheby's: This event promises to be much louder and more widespread than the last auction of Christie's, at least because the top lot was listed last remaining in private hands version of Edvard Munch paintings (Edvard Munch) «Shout».

Prepared by Mary Estrova, AI

Source : artinvestment.ru