Fall pre-show of Sotheby's in Moscow on 16-19 October 2008 will be replete masterpieces. Among them are works by Edgar Degas, Edvard Munch and Pablo Picasso

Exhibition major autumn auctions of lots the auction house Sotheby's will be held in Moscow from 16 to 19 October 2008, the building of the Museum of Modern Art. As reported in the press release, Sotheby's, the exposition will become the largest of those that brought home to the Russian capital in recent years.

The most expensive exhibit will pastel by Edgar Degas «Resting Dancer», estimated at 40 million dollars. Moskovskie viewers also see «Vampire» Edvard Munch (35 million), « Harlequin »Pablo Picasso (30 million),« Portrait of a seated person »Amedeo Modigliani (18 -- 25 million), «Rouen Cathedral in the fog» Claude Monet (16-25 million), «Portrait Titina Trovato in a dress and hat» Henri Matisse (12-18 million).

In the section «Contemporary Art» will be presented to the work of Jeff Koons ( «The Bear and the police», 8-12 million dollars), Richard Prince ( «Nurse of Evergleyda», 4-6 million), a sketch frescoes Roy Lichtenstein ( «City and environs. State of New York» ,4-6 million).

In the «Russian» part of the exhibition included «Musicians» and «Chaban» Boris Grigoriev (4-6 and 2 ,5-3, 5 million respectively), «A view of St. Petersburg» Alexei Petrovich Bogolyubov (2-3 million), «was uncovered » Mikhail Fedorovich Larionov (1,7-2,6 million), as well as pictures Nicholas Roerich , Vladimir Makovsky , Ivan Aivazovsky .

Source: lenta.ru , sothebys.com