auction house Sotheby's to sell acquired private collection couple Alex and Elizabeth Levitt (Alex & Elisabeth Lewyt). Among the most significant works - Paul Cezanne still life of 25-35 million dollars and a portrait by Amedeo Modigliani at 20-30 million. The works included in the catalog of evening auction of Impressionist and Modern in New York on May 7. All in under ten auction at Sotheby's in New York and Paris in the spring and summer of 2013 will be exhibited 200 works from the collection of the Levites with the total estimate of more than $ 65 million.

Alex Levit (1908 - 1988) became famous as an inventor, protector of animals and collector. Since the 1950s, businessman lived not only in America, but also in France, where he and his wife, Elizabeth began to collect art. Levitt died in 1988, his wife passed away in December 2012. Money raised from the sale of their collection will go to a charity named spouses. This organization will be engaged in the same philanthropic deeds that all his life Levites - for example, the protection of animals.

Still Life by Paul Cezanne "Apples" (estimate 25-35 million) was written in the years 1889-1890. Deputy head of Impressionist and Modern Sotheby's Charles Moffett said "Apples" one of the best works by Cezanne in this genre. "The painting was one of the centers of attraction for the guests of the house of Levi, storing many dearly loved their work - from small pictures, the size of a playing card, to considerable drawings, watercolors and sculptures" - says Moffett.

«Amazon" (estimate 20-30 million dollars) - one of the most fascinating female characters Modigliani. The artist has depicted Baroness Margaret de Asse de Viye - beloved younger brother of his patron, Dr. Paul Alexander. Baroness, as a true Amazon appears to us in riding clothes. She stands with arms akimbo and slyly looking at viewer. Early work, but it already feels a characteristic style of the artist.

addition to paintings by Cezanne and Modigliani, the auction of Impressionist and Modern May 7 meeting of Alex and Elizabeth Levitt will display works by Auguste Renoir, Camille Pissarro, Odilon Redon, Georges Seurat, Edouard Vuillard, Pablo Picasso, Georges Braque and Mark Z. Marc Chagall . And on June 7 auction of contemporary art at Sotheby's in Paris will be two of Nicolas de Stael - abstract landscape "Marseille" 1954 (estimate 1.2-1.8 million) and still life "flower on a light pink table" (estimate 0.8-1.2 million euros).

Prepared Maria Onuchina, AI

Sources : Press Release Sotheby's