Top lots February evening auction Christie's and Sotheby's
Portrait of Picasso for 20 million pounds, Juan Gris Still Life for 18 million rare Magritte for 9 million, 10 million Pissarro, Richter - 15 portrait by Bacon and 30 million pounds
2014 First major auction of impressionist art , modernism, surrealism , as well as postwar and contemporary art is not far off , and therefore , Christie's and Sotheby's have already begun to actively promote their top lots of the evening auction . Briefly about the most expensive and lots of interest .
On the evening auction " Impressionist and Modern Art » Christie's in London on February 4 exhibiting the work of Pablo Picasso "Woman in Turkish costume , sitting in a chair " (1955 ) . This is one of the few images sweetheart and future wife, Jacqueline Roque artist dressed odalisque . The work shows the influence of Delacroix , Jean-Auguste- Dominique Ingres and Henri Matisse. Work put up for auction for the first time in 55 years and is estimated at 15-20 million pounds .
At the same Christie's auction of a private Swiss collection exhibition "Still Life" Juan Gris 12-18 million pounds. The work is written in March 1915 in Paris, and its composition is rather dynamic compared with earlier still lifes Gris. Already the First World War , and the artist depicted on a checkered tablecloth , among other subjects edition of the newspaper Le Journal with the latest official news. Same Swiss collection exhibiting the work of Piet Mondrian "Composition number 2 with blue and yellow " with an estimate of 8.12 million pounds .
 Magritte Hunters on the doorstep overnight. 1928 Oil on canvas. 81 × 116 Christie's. 4.02.2014 Estimate: 6-9 million pounds Source : christies.com |
In London, February 4 , held an auction Christie's « The Art of surrealism" , and key lot here will be Rene Magritte painting "Hunters in the threshold of the night » (Les Chasseurs au Bord de la Nuit, 1928). This is an important early painting of the artist at a public auction for the last time. The work is written in fruitful for Magritte in 1928 , when he lived in Paris and was closely associated with a group of surrealist Andre Breton . Cloth participated in all key exhibitions Magritte , including a recent retrospective at MoMA . "Hunters in the threshold of the Night" exhibit at a public auction for the first time , the estimate of the painting is 6.9 million pounds. At the same Christie's auction will be offered another eight works by René Magritte , as well as works by Paul Delvaux , Salvador Dali , Carlo Carra , Max Ernst, Arshile Gorky , Yves Tanguy , Giorgio de Chirico and others. Total 54 lots with a total estimate of 42,9-64,5 million pounds .
 Joan Miró Women and birds . 1968 Oil on canvas. 245,2 × 124,6 Christie's. 4.02.2014 Estimate: 4-7 million pounds Source : christies.com |
In the above auction Christie's February 4 , dedicated to the art of impressionism , modernism and surrealism , and in afternoon trading on the following day , February 5 will be a collection of 85 works of Joan Miró , covering seventy years of the artist . This former private corporate meeting, which put up for auction by the decision of the Portuguese Republic. Two top lot of the meeting - the painting " Woman and Bird" in 1968 (estimate 4-7 million pounds ) and " Painting " in 1953 (estimate 2.5-3.5 million pounds ).
| Camille Pissarro Boulevard Montmartre , spring morning . 1897 Oil on canvas. 65 × 81 Sotheby's. 5.02.3014 Estimate: 7-10 million pounds Source : sothebys.com |
top lot of the evening auction of Impressionist and Modern Sotheby's, which will be held in London on February 5, 2014 year , will be painting by Camille Pissarro " Boulevard Montmartre , spring morning " with an estimate of 10.7 million pounds. Cloth was recently returned to the heirs of the Jewish Restitution industrialist Max Zilberberg (Max Silberberg). Pissarro work belongs to a series of landscapes streets in Paris , which the artist wrote in the late 1890s . This is one of the most important works of Impressionism, put up for public auction in recent years. More details about this job , please click here .
Furthermore, the same evening auction of Impressionist and Modern Art Sotheby's will be exhibited 37 works from the collection of the legendary art dealer Jan Kryuzhe - works by Goya, Delacroix, Gericault Corot , Degas, Turner , Bonnard , Renoir, Gauguin, Matisse , Klee, Picasso and Giacometti. Another 82 works from this collection will be presented on the daily auction at Sotheby's on February 6. String of 119 works from the collection Kryuzhe total estimated at 24 million pounds ( 39 million dollars). Recall that last fall Kryuzhe works from the collection in a separate auction exhibited Christie's.
 Gerhard Richter Wall . 1994 Oil on canvas. 240 × 240 Sotheby's. 12.02.2014 Estimate: 15 million pounds Source : sothebys.com |
On the evening auction of postwar and contemporary art Sotheby's in London on February 12 exhibiting abstract work by Gerhard Richter " wall »(« Wand »). Artist for more than 15 years held the job in his personal collection , and sent it to 21 museum exhibition . Richter in this work pays homage to the " color field painting " Mark Rothko . Saturated strip of red, blue and magenta colors refer to " rotkovskoy " chromatic intensity. Painting "The Wall" exhibit at a public auction for the first time and estimated 15 million pounds (25 million dollars ).
 Lusien Freud head on a green couch . 1960-1961 Sotheby's. 12.02.2014 Estimate: 2,5-3,5 million pounds Source : sothebys. com |
Another interesting exhibition February auction of contemporary art Sotheby's - painting by Lusiena Freud's "head on a green couch " 1960-1961 period. This is a portrait of one of the artist's favorite models - Belinda " Bindi " Lady Lembton . Socialite, one of the key persons of high society mid-twentieth century Britain Belinda Lembton Lusien Freud friends with for 25 years , introduces him to his fellow aristocrats who helped with the orders. Freud spent a lot of time on the estate of his patron, together with her and her six children. Portrait "Head on a green couch " was written after a long day of hours spent watching television on a small black and white TV . This is a very personal portrait of the artist watching the man in his everyday life. The work is estimated at 2.5-3.5 million pounds .
 FRANCIS BACON Portrait of George Dyer speaker . 1966 Christie's. 13.02.2014 Estimate: 30 million pounds Source : bloomberg.com |
at the auction of postwar and contemporary art Christie's Feb. 13 will work of Francis Bacon ' Portrait of George Dyer saying " 1966. According to several sources , the work comes from the collection of Mexican financier David Martinez Guzman (David Martinez Guzman). Estimate of the lot is 30 million pounds (49 million dollars). This is one of the most famous images of the beloved Bacon, with whom the artist met in 1963 in Soho , and that in the next ten years was his main inspiration . Participated in the work of Francis Bacon retrospective at the Grand Palais in 1971. The exhibition opened just two days after George Dyer committed suicide. On the open market "Portrait of George Dyer saying " last appeared in 2000 : then it was sold for 6.6 million dollars. And five years ago, working in a private transaction acquired David Martinez Guzman for 12 million dollars. Purchase the lot at the lowest possible price at future auctions already guaranteed a third party .
Prepared by Mary Onuchina , AI
Sources : press releases Christie's and Sotheby's, bloomberg.com , reuters.com , artinvestment.ru
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