Painting by Claude Monet Grand-канал" left over 23.7 million pounds. It was established five personal records, including the record for a work of Malevich on paper — 5.75 million pounds

Evening auction of impressionist, modern and surrealist Sotheby's, which took place on 3 February in London, brought a total of 186,44 million pounds (280 million) - a record amount for auction in London. The total revenue of 50 million pounds exceeded the total estimate of trades. It was established five personal records, including new records for graphics Georges Seurat and Casimir Malevich@

the Top lot of the auction was a Venetian landscape by Claude Monet "the Grand canal" (1908). The painting, part of a private collection and exhibited in the National gallery since 2006, has reached a hammer price of 23.7 million pounds (35.6 million dollars) with the Commission - the highest price ever paid for a work by Monet from Venice cycle@

Only five offered at the auction of works by Monet brought the total is 55.74 million pounds (84 million). In addition to the painting "the Grand canal", this string also included the work of Poplars at Giverny, 1887, had been in the collections of MOMA and the art Institute of Chicago. Landscape, exhibited at public auction for the first time, got a new owner for the 10.8 million pounds ($16.2 million). Painting Monet "the Marina" 1871 was sold for 10.3 million pounds, and "View of Antibes from the garden of La SALIS" 1888 - 8.7 million pounds. For works by Monet was traded to 14 uchastnikov@

Among other significant sales of Sotheby's worth mentioning the paintings of Henri Matisse's "odalisque in a black chair", which depicts a Turkish Princess Nesi-Hameed Shaukat, - 15.8 million pounds (23,8 million dollars). This was the second value of the lot. In addition, the work of Henri de Toulouse Lautrec "In bed: the kiss", more than forty years of age are not participating in exhibitions and offered at public auction for the first time, was sold for 10.8 million funtov@

"the self-Portrait" by Kazimir Malevich, 1909-1910, who participated in a recent artist's retrospective at the Tate Modern, five times the estimate. All drawing pencil, gouache and watercolour on paper sold for a record for graphics Malevich 5.75 million pounds (estimate: 1-1,5 million pounds). The last time this same work changed hands in 2004: then paid for it 163 thousand pounds, i.e., for ten years the figure has risen 35 raz@

Another record was set by a sketch of Georges Seurat for the painting "Bathers at Asnières". Pencil drawing Conte on paper became the most expensive graphic works of Sulfur: it sold for 7,76 million pounds (estimate 5-7 million funtov@

the Material was prepared by Maria Onuchin, AI

Источники: theguardian.com, artdaily.com, sothebys.com, artinvestment.ru