On top lots London evening auction of postwar and contemporary art February 12, 2013

not have time to die down records in 2012, as Sotheby's auctions began to prepare for the year 2013. Already announced top lots of the evening sale of postwar and contemporary art, which will be held in London on 12 February. The catalog contains all of the same glorious and certainly winning authors - Francis Bacon, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Gerhard Richter, Lucio Fontana, Mark Mark Rothko and Alexander Calder. Just put up for auction 56 lots with a total estimate of over 63 million pounds.

• Francis Bacon
  three sketches to portraits. 1980
  Source: Press Release Sotheby's

three sketches of self-portrait (1980) Francis Bacon will be offered at Sotheby's for 10-15 million pounds. This triptych painted by Bacon at age 71, belongs to a group of eleven triptychs artist in a single format of 14 x 12 inches (35.56 x 30.48). Exhibited at Sotheby's sketches come from the European collection and will be included in a forthcoming catalog-reason Bacon.

Gerhard Richter Abstract Painting (769-1). 1992 Source: Press Release Sotheby's

Gerhard Richter Cloud. 1976 Source: Press Release Sotheby's

to top-lots of trades February 12 and two works are the most successful living artist Gerhard Richter. This "Abstract Painting (769-1)" (estimate 7.5-9.5 million pounds) and photorealistic painting "The Cloud" (estimate 7-9 million pounds). "Abstract Painting (769-1)" was created in a fruitful Richter on abstraction in 1992. This work was in its landmark technique scraping layers of paint from the surface of the canvas with a special spatula. It was exhibited in Rome in the same 1992, along with other works of the most successful years. The painting "The Cloud" was written in 1976. On the beauty and skill of it may well compete with the famous triptych "Clouds" from the collection of the National Gallery of Canada.

Jean-Michel Basquiat Untitled (Pecho /Oreja). 1982-1983 Source: Press Release Sotheby's

Art of Jean-Michel Basquiat will be presented at the February auction work "Untitled (Pecho /Oreja)», written in 1982-1983. It is full of autobiographical allusions, Spanish words «pecho» (chest) and «oreja» (ear) remind us of the origin of the artist (a Puerto Rican mother, Basquiat, so Spanish was his first language). The choice of words is also not accidental: Basquiat childhood interested in anatomy. From 1989 to 2008, this work graced the recording studio of U2 .. In 2008, it was sold at Sotheby's, and now again put up for auction. Lot is estimated 7-9 million pounds.

Other interesting lots upcoming auction of contemporary art Sotheby's worth carrying a snow-white work of the Italian Lucio Fontana "Spatial Concept (Standby)", 1965 (estimate: 2.2 -2.8 million pounds), monochrome hard work of Mark Rothko "Untitled", 1969 (estimate 2.5-3.8 million pounds), as well as three important works by Alexander Calder (total estimate 0.8-1.1 million pounds).

Prepared Maria Onuchina, AI

Source : Press Release Sotheby's