The work of "Girls on the bridge" became the top-лотом evening sale of impressionist and modern art on November 14

the Work of Edvard Munch guarantee to a third party, therefore, likely to remain unsold she was not. The bidding opened with $43 million When the stakes are raised to $50 million, the head of Sotheby's Asia Patti Wong, according to the testimony of those present at a hall journalists have long tried to persuade his client at the other end of the phone cord to go on describing the merits of the work, but the Asian client refused the following rates. The lot went to a customer whose bet called the head of the Department of impressionist and modern Sotheby's Simon Shaw. With the Commission of the auction house, the buyer paid for the canvas "Girls on the bridge" $54 487 500 — expensive among the works by Edvard Munch was only the famous "the Scream" sold for $of 119.9 million in 2012.

with the exception of the impressive sales of Munch, the rest of the auction of impressionist and modern held at the middle level. Did not find a buyer or a male portrait by Tamara de Lempicka with an estimate of $4-6 million, nor the work of Vasily Kandinsky for $1.2–1.8 million or two works of Henri Matisse (one of them for $5-7 million). Only with the hammer went lot 34 of 42 (81 %). Total revenue reached $157,5 million — 92 % of the total estimate in the catalog. Second and third place in the list of top-лотов took two works of Pablo Picasso.

the Material was prepared by Maria Onuchina, AI

Sources: news.artnet.com, sothebys.com, artinvestment.ru