Cezanne Still Life sold for 41.6 million dollars at Sotheby's
A still life Chagall bought for $ 4.8 million - a record price for the artist's works on paper. All in all, yesterday's auction of Impressionist and Modern Sotheby's brought $ 230 million
Yesterday's auction of Impressionist and Modern Sotheby's ended with a net result of $ 230 million. This, of course, is not similar to last year's 330 million auction Sotheby's, but in May 2012 the lion's share of sales the auction house has provided only one lot - " The Scream "by Edvard Munch, sold for $ 120 million . Works level of "Scream" in yesterday's evening auction at Sotheby's was not, but played well all declared as the top lots of work - the work of Cezanne, Modigliani, Rodin and others. Among the bidders representing 35 countries, this time it was a lot of record (for sales in this category), Asians and Hispanics. According Bloomberg , very active were immigrants from Russia. Our compatriots were traded for the work of Van Gogh, Chaim Chaim Soutine , Wassily Kandinsky , Pierre-Auguste Renoir. Total has sold 60 of the 71 lots offered (84,5%).
evening was the real deal sale still life by Paul Cezanne "Apples" for 41.6 million dollars. For his work, written in 1889-1890, expected to gain from 25 to 35 million dollars. The product exhibited from couple Alex and Elizabeth Levit . Per Lot fought three of sitting in the hall dealer Stefan Cosman Connery (Stephane Cosman Connery) and the two parties whose bids are accepted by phone auction house employees. The winner was a telephone bidder, bids which was read by the chief operating officer of Sotheby's Vinsigerra Bruno (Bruno Vinciguerra).
Another work of Meeting spouses Leviticus - "Amazon" by Amedeo Modigliani - brought 25.9 million dollars. Portrait of Baroness Margaret de Asse de Viye in riding clothes was previously estimated at 20-30 million dollars.
slightly exceeded the estimate 5-7 million dollars Fernand Leger "Three Women for red table" from the collection of Madonna . The singer bought the work for $ 3.4 million in 1990. Last night work Leger got a new owner for $ 7.2 million. The proceeds from the sale of paintings Madonna has promised to donate money fund «Ray of Light» («Ray of Light"), supporting women's education in Afghanistan, Pakistan and other countries.
 Fernand Leger Three women behind the red table. 1921 Oil on canvas. 54,5 x 81,3 Sotheby's. 07/05/2013. Lot 33 Estimate: 5-7 million dollars Result: $ 7.2 million Source: sothebys.com |  Georges Braque Landscape of La Ciotat. 1907 Oil on canvas. 51 x 62 Sotheby's. 07/05/2013. Lot 23 Estimate: $ 15.8 million Result: 10-15 million dollars Source: sothebys.com |
Fauvist work by Georges Braque "Landscape of La Ciotat" in 1907 set a record auction price for the artist. Per Lot fought two participants to disperse the price to $ 15.8 million, while the estimate of 10-15 million dollars. The new owner of the landscape of Marriage became an art dealer Emmanuel Di Donna (Emmanuel Di Donna), co-owner of Blain Di Donna Gallery in Manhattan.
Religious sculpture of Auguste Rodin's "The Thinker" earned slightly less - 15 $ 3 million (estimate: 8.12 million dollars). This cast, cast by the sculptor's life, at various times belonged to the publisher Ralph Pulitzer (Ralph Pulitzer) and the founder of the CBS radio and television services to William Paley (William Paley).
| Marc Chagall Animals in flowers. 1952 Paper, gouache, watercolor, pastel and oil. 71 x 56 Sotheby's. 07/05/2013. Lot 4 Estimate: 1-1,5 million dollars Result: $ 4.8 million Source: sothebys.com |
All five Russian lots of yesterday's Sotheby's auction exceeded the estimate. The real surprise of the evening sale was the sale of still life Marc Chagall «Beast in colors» («Animal dans les fleurs») for $ 4.8 million dollars in the evaluation 1-1.5 million. This is a record price for the artist's works on paper. Chagall's work "Riders" with the same estimate of 1-1.5 million (lot 58, made modest) work on paper bought for $ 2.2 million. Abstraction of Kandinsky "Concert" in 1937 (lot 32) exceeded the estimate of 500-700 thousand dollars and sold for 989,000 dollars. Portrait of "Eve" hand of Chaim Soutine (Lot 19) is more than surpassed the preliminary estimate of 500-700 thousand, and got a buyer for $ 1.8 million. And, finally, the urban landscape «New York" (lot 70), while the estimate 600 - 800 thousand dollars was sold a little more than $ 1 million.
Prepared by Mary Onuchina, AI
Sources : sothebys.com , bloomberg.com , artinvestment.ru
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