Ilya Mashkov Still-life with fruit. 1910
Christie's. 03/06/2013. Lot 66
Estimate: 1-1,5 million pounds
Result: 4.76 million pounds
Source: christies.com

At today's auction Christie's «Russian Art" for 4.76 million pounds ($ 7.3 million) , taking into account the buyer's premium, sold "Still Life with Fruit" (1910) painted by Ilya Ivanovich Mashkov . This is a new record for the value of the artist at auction. The fight for the lot lasted five minutes. Defeated party on the phone.

This still life has become one of the 20 works Mashkov included in the first exhibition of "Jack of Diamonds", which was held from December 1910 to January 1911. The list of exhibits, an initiative Natalia Goncharova , Petr Konchalovsky , Mikhail Fedorovich Larionov and Aristarchus Lentulova , along with the works of Russian artists also included paintings by French Fauves, representatives of German expressionism and Cezannism.

painting "Still Life with Fruit" participated in the spring exhibition at Christie's in Moscow in April, and before that the last time was exhibited at the exposition organized by the Society of Contemporary Art at the Museum of the City of Amsterdam in 1913 together with the works of Derain, Mondrian and Konchalovsky.

work comes from the collection of William Beffi (1880-1950), a passionate collector of works of Russian and German Expressionists of the early twentieth century. Read more about the history of creation and existence of "Still Life with Fruit" Ilya Mashkov read pre-auction press release Christie's .

Source : Press Release Christie's