Auction Christie's "the Past as a guide" may 11, updated and a record price for a sculpture: "Pointing man" Giacometti sold for $141,7 million

may 11 evening in new-Йорке, thematic auction Christie's "the Past as a reference point", set a new absolute record for the art market: Pablo Picasso "the women of Algiers (version "O")" was sold for $179,4 million To this the most expensive piece of art in the world (if we consider only the results of open bidding) was triptych by Francis bacon's "Three sketch Lusien Freud", sold in 2013 for $figure should be 142.2 mln@

Just same thematic auction "the Past as a reference point" brought $705,9 million from These auctions has combined contemporary and modernist works (from Monet to Kippenberger) according to the principle that their authors were inspired by the art of past epochs. As explained before the auction curator Loic Goose (Loic Gouzer), algorithms of collecting change, and now the buyers start with modern art, and then look at other high-quality work, on-прежнему preserving the relevance and freshness. The final result was the third largest in the entire history of Christie's; from 35 lots catalog has sold 34. Ten works, including "Algerian women", set personal records for their avtorov@

Contributed a quarter of total revenue Picasso painting belongs to a series of 15 paintings, written by a master in the 1954-1955 year based on the famous paintings by Eugene Delacroix "Algerian women". And yet, this series was dedicated to the memory of friend and rival in the art shop Henri Matisse, who died in November 1954. As Picasso said, "when Matisse died he left his odalisques to me in the inheritance". All of Picasso's work in this series are numbered with letters of the Latin alphabet from "A" to "On". Thus, scene, setting a new absolute record for art-рынка, is the last, the fifteenth in the series. For the painting on behalf of their clients 11 minutes traded curator of the auction Loic Goose (Loic Gouzer) and the head of the Department of postwar and contemporary art Brett Gorvi (Brett Gorvy). The hammer price was $150 million, and with the Buyer's Premium — already mentioned $179,4 million from the Sale of this operation was guaranteed by the auction house. The last time the work "the women of Algiers (version "O")" put up for auction in 1997 with an estimate of $10-12 million and was sold for $31,9 mln@

Second top-лотом auction Christie's was the sculpture of albert Giacometti "Pointing man" in 1947. This is one of six hand-painted castings and one of the two still remaining in private hands. The previous auction record Giacometti was installed in 2010, when the sculpture "Walking man I" sold for $104,3 million. At the auction on may 11 for the "Pointing man", not leaving a single private collection since the 1970's, paid $141,7 million —; a record price for the author, and in General for open market sculpture. The work of Giacometti was one of the few on this auction, whose sale was not guaranteed by the auction house or by a third party. As the organizers said, they offered the owner a guarantee, but he refused, saying that if the item remains unsold, he will keep it. "He might be a little upset that she actually bought", — commented Brett Gorvy@

Next top-лотом became another work by Pablo Picasso — "Female bust (the woman in the hairnet)" ("Buste de femme (Femme à la résille)") 1938, exhibited with an estimate of $55 million and a guarantee. The image of Dora Maar on a red background sold for $67,4 mln@

Number four in the list of top-лотов — it work Mark Rothko "No. 36 (Black stripe)", exhibited Zurich dealer Thomas Ammann on behalf of the Museum Frieder Burda in Baden-Бадене. Abstraction is gone within the estimate of $30-50 million — for $40.5 million with the Commission. The painting "No. 36 (Black stripe)" written in fruitful for Rothko 1958, not put up for auction since 1984. Proceeds from the sale will go towards the development of the Museum Frieder Burda@

the Only impressionistic thing in the top-10 most expensive —; "the houses of Parliament at sunset" by Claude Monet 1900-1901 years. One of nineteen paintings by Monet with the building of the British Parliament, and one of the five still held in private collections, was sold for $40.5 million while the estimate of $30-50 million As reported by The London Telegraph, up for auction a painting by Monet exhibited British tycoon Philip green Philip Green. The last time this work was exhibited in 2001 " then it was sold for $14,6 mln@

the Following two lines in the top-10 divide two works with the same result: "Silver Liz (diptych)" by Andy Warhol and "Beef carcass" Chaim Soutine. For each of the buyers paid $28,165 million Diptych Warhol 1963-1965, was estimated at $25-35 million This portrait of Elizabeth Taylor on silver background was not demonstrated in public at an exhibition in 1976 in Bonn. Taylor captured at the age of 31, on the eve of a divorce with the fourth mugam@

with regard to the work Chaim Soutine, its preliminary estimate was $20-30 million, and the price is $28,165 million've updated the first line of the price rating — native of Smilovichi, Minsk province of the Russian Empire and the masters of the Paris school. The previous record Soutine was $10 million less: $18,04 million paid for the painting "the Little pastry chef" in 2013 godu@

Completing the top ten most expensive works at auction Christie's "the Past as a benchmark" three works, also have completed trades with personal bests for their authors — works by Peter Doig ($25.9 million), Jean Dubuffet ($24.8 million) and Lucio Fontana ($16.4 million).

As reported by the organizers, the ten most expensive auction items went to a relatively new clients — buying at public auction only five or six let@

Material was prepared by Maria Onuchin, AI

Sources: artnet.com, artinvestment.ru