Can be expensive artists work available?
Yes, when it comes to lottery drawings and graphics. To learn how to buy cheap 5000 dollars of Rothko, Picasso, Giacometti and other stars
Can I buy a work of Rothko , Picasso, Giacometti Basquiat or less 5000 dollars? It is unlikely, you might think . And you will be wrong. Even the most expensive in the world of artists whose masterpieces are sold for tens of millions of dollars, there is almost always work in an accessible segment. Yes , it's not as impressive as the fabulous auction records , but the watch as billionaires are buying , it is best to try for yourself. Especially as most of them do , because according to statistics 80 percent of transactions in the art market are performed within 5,000 dollars. Do not think that this is entirely the work of little-known authors or something irrelevant . You can collect contemporary art , having millions in your pocket : it all depends on the state of the work , performance techniques , and its rarity .
Take, for example , the author of the expensive work sold at public auction - Norwegian Edvard Munch . Everyone remembers , as pastel "The Scream " went sold for 119.9 million dollars in May 2012 , but not everyone knows that 91 percent of the lots sold Munch - it Draw graphics . And 91 percent of these operations generate 22 percent of the total turnover of the auction . Of course, not all of these limited edition works are available in a range of up to 5,000 dollars. Prices for lottery drawing Munch grow , because the paintings and original graphics on the market a little. Besides Munch himself extremely serious about his prints, almost like a painting. It is therefore not surprising that some of the artist 's edition things reach seven figures at auction : selling more than a million dollars in this segment was 14. Record - print " Woman on the Beach" , sold for 2.79 million dollars in March 2013. But the buyer with a limited budget can be lucky too , in September of this year, an unsigned print in good condition sold at auction in Oslo Christiania Auktionsforretning for 1000 dollars .
| Pablo Picasso Bacchanalia . Circa 1955 Paper, aquatint . 47 × 55,5 Peege Frank, Freiburg . 12.10.2013 Estimate: 6,000 dollars Result: 6,3 thousand dollars Source : artprice.com |  Pablo Picasso Profile and female head . 1931 Paper , etching . 16 × 21 Rosebery's, London . 5.10.2013 Estimate: 483-644 dollar Result: $ 322 Source : artprice.com |
Next on the list by - Pablo Picasso . To think that half of his work is worth 5,000 dollars and below! Pikassomanam lucky : their idol was prolific , and on the part of the draw graphics - very prolific . Prints responsible for 60 percent of transactions with works by Picasso , 27 percent of transactions - with ceramics, while the paintings - it's only 2 percent of the total number of lots sold ( which thus bring 76 percent of the total auction turnover ) . There are limited edition items and Picasso for millions. The most expensive to date - " Weeping Woman " ( 1938) , sold for $ 4.5 million in 2011. But much more affordable prints , there are over 6,000 , and even within $ 350 (Rosebery's, London, in October 2013 , the result of $ 322 ).
| Alberto Giacometti Man on the table. Around 1950 Pencil . 16,8 × 11,1 Galerie Kornfeld Auktionen, Bern . 13.06.2013 Estimate: 5,4 thousand dollars Result: 4.3 thousand dollars Source : artprice.com |  Alberto Giacometti The two men's heads. Around 1950 Watercolour . 22,8 × 32,4 Christie's, Paris . 13.12.2012 Estimate: 5,2-7,8 thousand dollars Result: 3.4 thousand dollars Source : artprice.com |
At Alberto Giacometti within 5000 dollars are original drawings . For example, a pencil drawing "The man at the table " went for 4.3 thousand dollars in June of this year at an auction in Berne, Switzerland . And ink drawing " Two Heads " has got a new owner for 2.6 thousand euro ( 3.4 thousand dollars) at an auction at Christie's in Paris in December 2012 . Incidentally, the same pattern was resold at Christie's, but in London, in June 2013 for $ 8.5 thousand dollars (growth rates of 5.1 thousand dollars for six months). The market works by Giacometti by 40 percent consists of works of no more than five thousand dollars .
 Gustav Klimt Standing Woman . Circa 1903 Paper, pencil and watercolor . 45 × 29,8 Villa Grisebach, Berlin . 30.11.2012 Estimate: 19,4-25,9 thousand dollars Result : 12,9 thousand dollars Source : artprice.com |  Gustav Klimt Sketch for " Beethoven frieze ." 1901 Pencil . 45,4 × 31,4 Sotheby's, New York. 08.05.2013 Estimate: 15-20 thousand dollars Result: 12,000 dollars Source : artprice.com |
With the works Gustav Klimt more complicated. If you want to buy something original , it is better to increase the budget to 15 thousand dollars , and regularly browse directories of Austrian and German auctions ( not London or New York - where the same level of work will be sold more expensive). For example, in November 2012, the Berlin at the Villa Grisebach auction pencil drawing of a standing woman changed hands for 10,000 euros ( 13,000 dollars), lower than the estimate 19-26 thousand dollars .
| Mark Rothko No title number 10 . Screenprinting ( 9/30 ) . 100 × 70 Fabiani Arte, Montecatini Terme (Italy ) . 08.12.2012 Estimate: 1-1,8 thousand dollars Result: 1,6 thousand dollars Source : artprice.com |  Mark Rothko Green , divided blue Screen Printing (25/100). 130 × 100 Subastas Galileo, Madrid . 14.04.2011 Estimate: 1.45 thousand dollars Result: 1.45 thousand dollars Source : artprice.com |
mention and very, very of the orbit of Russian art of the artist - Mark Rothko . 77.5 million dollars with no commission cost of his paintings "Orange , Red, Yellow » ( this picture is heading our rating of top -25 Russian artists ). The price index Rothko ten years has grown by 225 per cent (according to Artprice). The market works by the artist are not too extensive, but here the case of budget proposals . In December 2012 silkscreen Rothko , printed an edition of 30 copies , some got lucky for 1.6 thousand dollars. But, to repeat his success , you need to be patient : only three original silkscreen Mark Rothko (posters of his exhibitions do not count) have hit the market over the past 20 years .
 Jean-Michel Basquiat Test Pressing Screenprinting ( vinyl cover for at 33 rpm ) Cornette De Saint Cyr, Paris . 25.06.2012 Estimate: 251-376 dollars Result: $ 314 Source : artprice.com |  Jean-Michel Basquiat Poster " Yvon Lambert ." 1988 color offset printing . 74 × 52 Cornette De Saint Cyr, Paris . 22.10.2012 Estimate: 3,9-5,2 thousand dollars Result: 3,5 thousand dollars Source : artprice.com |
If you go to market high-end contemporary artists , and here is which side to approach . The most expensive segment of the author of Contemporary Art - Jean -Michel Basquiat , whose work over the past year (July 2012 - June 2013 ) amounted to almost 29 per cent of the total turnover of the auction of contemporary art in the United States - was engaged not only in painting and graphics. He did and covers for vinyl records ( silkscreen, no signature can be purchased for $ 400 ) , photographed on Polaroid ( Polaroids Basquiat without signatures are about 4 thousand dollars) , printed posters (3 to 5 thousand dollars, sometimes even with a signature ).
 Jeff Koons Dog of balloons (red). 1995 Porcelain . Diameter 26 William Doyle, New York. 17.04.2012 Estimate: 3-5 thousand dollars Result: 2.25 thousand dollars Source : artprice.com |  Jeff Koons Flower Vase " Puppy ". 1998 Porcelain . 44,45 × 32 Christie's, London . 20.09.2011 Estimate: 3,9-5,5 thousand dollars Result: 5000 dollars Source : artprice.com |
Jeff Koons justify their belonging to the pop-art (I mean - the popular art ) zealous promotion of his work to the masses. Enlisting the help of assistants , Koons makes a series of editions of the works of a few thousand copies. More than half the works of the artist are available within the 5000 dollars. Especially popular are the ones that resonate with its iconic things. For example , small ceramic " dogs of balloons " blue and red ( circulation under 2,300 units) can be bought for around 2-5 thousand dollars .
| Christopher Wool No title. 2008 vellum , silk screen printing . 20 × 15 Phillips, New York. 29.04.2013 Result: 3000 dollars Source : artprice.com |  Christopher Wool Black Book . 1989 vellum , silk screen printing . 58,7 × 41 Phillips, New York. 29.04.2013 Estimate: 3-4 thousand dollars Result: 6,5 thousand dollars Source : artprice.com |
third best selling contemporary artist of last year ( see the annual report on the situation of the contemporary art market ) - Christopher Wool - is incredibly risen in recent years (an increase of the price index for 10 years was 1,300 percent). For those who do not have time to buy something in the 1990s (then a few thousand dollars selling his original drawings ), now have to rely only on tirazhku . But here, there is definitely a chance to meet a modest budget . About 20 percent of draw works Voula be bought within the 8000 (about a tenth of these inexpensive works worth a few thousand dollars ).
So join the art great , as you can see , you can and for little money . The main thing - to approach the shopping to the mind , so as not to stumble on a fake. Check that created the circulation of what he was , how important he was in the artist and what the status of a particular job .
Prepared by Mary Onuchina , AI
Sources : artprice.com , artprice.com , artinvestment.ru
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