$81,3 million paid at Christie's for van Gogh landscape
And all the evening auction of impressionist and modern, the past November 13 in new-Йорке, brought nearly $480 million
the painting "the Farmer in the field" ("Laboureur dans un champ"), written by van Gogh at the asylum in Saint-Реми a year before his death, was top-лотом evening sale of impressionist and modern Christie's on 13 November and the second in the list of the most expensive works of van Gogh in the history of his auction sales. Record-прежнему retains a cult "Portrait of Dr. Gachet", sold back in 1990 for the fabulous for those times $82.5 million (this work was among the most expensive sold at public auction in 1990-2004).
Total auction of impressionist and modern art brought $479 320 250 (including auction house Commission), which is 96% of the mean estimate of the directory. With hammer away 88 % of the lots. The work of several artists set auction records. So, beautiful work of Fernand léger's "Contrast of forms", first exhibited at a public auction, reached a record for the artist's result of $70 062 500 taking into account the Buyer's Premium. The previous record for works by Leger — $39 000 241 — was held in 2012. The picture "Contrast of forms" was put up for auction by Anne-Марии and Stephen Celleno. Proceeds from the sale of the Fund will be directed to charity. In addition to the work of Leger, records were set oil by Edouard Vuillard ($17,75 million), assemblages of Jean Crotti ($1 million) and the younger sister Suzanne Duchamp Marcel Duchamp ($1.8 million), as well as sculpture by man ray (of$3.25 million).
High auction prices have reached several works by Pablo Picasso. Among them, the most expensive was the canvas, 1954, "a Squat woman (Jacqueline)" ("Femme accroupie (Jacqueline)"), which got a new owner for $36.9 million including Commission (lot estimate $20-30 million). It was the third most expensive work of the auction at Christie's after van Gogh and Leger.
Finally, a painting by Vasily Kandinsky "Improvisation with horses (Sketch for "Improvisation 20")" in 1911, was bought for $12.7 million, including the fee of the auction house (lot estimate $9-15 million). The most expensive work of Kandinsky, today — "Painting with white line" 1913, sold in June 2017 for $41.8 million (3-е place in the rating of Russian artists).
Sources: christies.com, artinvestment.ru
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