The work of Jackson Pollock and Andre Derain at New York auction in May
Christie's and Sotheby's have started to announce top lots in May in New York trading. "Blue Unconscious" Pollock estimated at 20-30 million dollars, and "Portrait of Matisse's wife," Andre Derain will be expos
nearing key trading spring auction season - May auction of Impressionist and Modern and Post-War and Contemporary Art, and therefore, Christie's and Sotheby's slowly starting to announce their top lots.
auction of postwar and contemporary art Sotheby's 14 May grace "Blue Unconscious" Jackson Pollock. The picture in 1946 of a series of 7 works "Sounds grass." "Blue Unconscious" is the largest among them. It was written at a time when Pollock and his wife Lee Krasner moved from lower Manhattan to Long Island. It is thought that the series "Sounds of Grass" artist inspired local landscapes, flora and fauna. The work of the "Blue Unconscious" was written on the eve of a key turning point in the work of Jackson Pollock: in the next, in 1947, he opened his famous technique drippinga - spray paint on canvas.
A certain Texan collector bought" Blue Unconscious "in 1965 for 45 thousand dollars. Today the work is estimated at 20-30 million dollars. To date, the highest price for the work of Jackson Pollock 40.4 million, So in November 2012 at Sotheby's paid for the work «№ 4, 1951" in the technique drippinga.
more one announcement for auction of Impressionist and Modern Christie's on May 8. At the New York area will be exposed "Portrait of Madame Matisse kimono" brush Andre Derain. Portrait of the wife of Henri Matisse Amelie Derain was written during their joint stay in Collioure in the summer of 1905, just before the famous Salon d'Automne, where Fauves first comeback. Amelie Matisse displayed in your favorite kimono with a fan in her hand. In those years, Japanese clothes, ornaments and other household items were in vogue, the Japanese theme inspired artists. "Portrait of Madame Matisse kimono" is estimated at 15-20 million dollars. Sells it to a collector from Europe. The last time the work appeared on the art market in 1972.
Prepared Maria Onuchina, AI
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