MacDougall's Auction House presents an exhibition of works by Russian artist Boris Anisfelda

After a few exhibitions on Soviet unofficial art, MacDougall's decided to show the Borisa Anisfelda .

Trade Halls MacDougall's was not the first time becomes an exhibition space. Over the past two years there have been at least three major exhibitions, however, still focus on an informal art. During Frieze 2007 showed nonconformists, depicting the history of the Soviet underground in the form of schemes of Moscow subway. Rukhin , Sitnikova and Kharitonov was on display, coming as it did with the auction of Contemporary Russian Art Sotheby's in March 2008. Finally, in the spring of 2008 the first house MacDougall's showed large-scale project Komar and Melamid «History of the USSR», which was to be a tasty piece of the past summer bidding. Exhibitions at the MacDougall's usually multifunctional: for them, and sell, and show lots of future auctions, and show the items from private collections.

Anisfeld, of course, severely beat several of the above names.

painter, graphic artist and scenographer Boris Anisfeld (1879-1973) was one of the most prominent members of the artistic association «world of art». Before the revolution, he participated in exhibitions «Union of Russian Artists», and the Vienna Secession, exhibited their work at the Paris autumn salon, decorated Russian ballet performances SP Diaghilev. In 1917, Anisfeld left Russia, and in 1918 settled in th United States, where was his first solo exhibition. The artist has collaborated with the theater «Metropolitan Opera», which designed many plays - in particular «Faust» Sh Gounod involving Fyodor Chaliapin. In 1928, Anisfeld, settled in Chicago, effectively painting and taught at the Art Institute. During his long career as an artist has experienced the influence of many styles, including academic, symbolism, expressionism, and even constructive.

Boris Anisfelda not call a winner in the market of Russian art - sketches of the scenery, which he did for numerous productions in Russia and abroad, from time to time appear at auction and are not very expensive. Prices for mid-level paintings Anisfelda reach 100 thousand euro, but for the most rare of the early Russian period, and preference for 500-600 thousand euro. Nevertheless, director of the Geneva Artvera's Gallery Sofia Komarova believes that the market before Anisfelda not yet doros.

Record on the painting the artist was set two years ago: be placed on auction with estimeytom 125-190 thousand euros, canvas «alder grove - Tver» (1907) was sold for 744 thousand euros. Two other works written shortly before the exile, passed a note to a half million euro - «Garden Gesperid» (561 thousand euros) and «September. Tver »(524 thousand euros).

Today, the legacy of the artist is in the hands of two or three major dealers and gallery owners, among them Anatoly Bekkerman and the New York ABA Gallery. «Things Anisfelda are a few people that have allowed parties to market and sometimes just supersaturate», - said Valeriy Dudakov, a collector and expert on Russian art. Indeed, the artist was incredibly fruit, and the market is known to be equally bad, and responds to the shortage of work, and their excess.

At auctions MacDougall's work Anisfelda sold since May 2005. According to the auction house co-owner of William McDougall, nearly all the items in the exhibition come from the United States, and buy them in Russian.

prices Anisfelda work with MacDougall's range from three thousand to seventy thousand pounds. Basically, the exhibition presents works by the American period, such as «the Amazon with a horse» (ca. 1931) or «Lake in Colorado». All chances for success there is a small painting «Rachel», written in 1916. But now record prices for things Anisfelda not expect, and it is not so much in the unfavorable market conditions, but that the artist had never participated in a number of first names. «Unknown, of course, that would be ten years, - said Valeriy Dudakov - some time ago, no one could assume that for a watercolor Serebryakova will give one million dollars, and for landscapes Gorbatov by 300-400 thousand dollars ».

The exhibition is held in a London gallery MacDougall Arts Ltd. It will run until October 31.

Material prepared Yulia Maksimova

Sources: openspace.ru , artinvestment.ru