Print Munch, Bacon and Warhol at Sotheby's auction
ARTinvestment.RU   25 сентября 2008

2 October in London will be bidding, which will run the schedule presented to the old masters, modern and contemporary artists, and it will be possible to buy a very rare work

October 2 at New Bond Street in London will be bidding, which will be submitted to run the schedule of Old Masters, modern and contemporary artists. Pre-show of prints will be held from September 28 to October 1. In the list of lots - works by such masters as Albrecht Dürer (Albrecht Dürer), Francisco de Goya (Francisco de Goya), Giovanni Battista Piranesi (Giovanni Battista Piranesi), Rembrandt (Rembrandt).

One of the top auction lots - lithography «Vampire II» Edvard Munch (Edvard Munch), estimeyt which is 300-400 thousand pounds sterling. This fall, Sotheby's will present for sale an original of this picture , which is estimated at 35 million dollars and may become the most expensive work of Norwegian artist. Specialist run schedule modernists and contemporary artists Courtney Booth (Courtney Booth) said that Munch works were always popular, but the growth rate of prices for his works has been calm enough and really accelerated in 2005 alone. According to experts, the reason for that - ballyhoo in the press about the Munch paintings «Creek» and «Madonna» .

Another outstanding work of Munch, placed on the auction prints, - «Melancholy III». It depicts a friend Munch Yappe Nilssen (Jappe Nilssen), sitting on the beach and yearn for his beloved. Estimeyt work - 150-200 thousand pounds. At the tender will also be a very rare engraving of a tree called «Fertility», twice printed by the artist and painting watercolors paints. Estimeyt - 350-400 thousand pounds.

Of course, none of the auction run graphics can not do without the work of Andy Warhol (Andy Warhol). Customers are invited to a series of 10 prints depicting Mao Zedong (estimeyt 350-400 thousand pounds). The basis for the print as a portrait of Mao, taken from the cover of the famous «Little red book» expressions with the Chinese leader. For its time, Warhol was the work of this provocation: Chapter totalitarian state, which is responsible for most crimes a bloody regime, the artist depicted in the form of pop icons, to equate it with Marilyn Monroe (Marilyn Monroe) and Elvis Presley (Elvis Presley).

At the auction will be exhibited three portfolios with footprints the most famous artists of the mid 1960's. Along with the works of famous artists such as Warhol and Roy Lichtenstein (Roy Lichtenstein), the portfolio containing prints of authors who are not very well known now, but highly listed forty years ago: Alan d'Arkandzhelo (Allan D'Arcangelo), and Gerald Leynga (Gerald Laing). In addition, the auction will run to buy time Pablo Picasso (Pablo Picasso) from known collections Haak A. Christensen (Haaken A. Christensen). In June this year, works from the collection of Christensen brought to auction Sotheby's, on impressionism and modernism , more than 13 million pounds (at estimeyte 5,6-8,5 million).

Another outstanding work, which will appear at auction - «Etude to the portrait of Pope Innocent X», made by famous British artist Francis Bacon existentialists. Estimeyt work - 8-10 of thousands of pounds. Now creativity Bacon enjoyed increasing attention: in the next year's art-world celebrates 100 th anniversary of Britain's dark, after which the Tate Gallery in London has recently opened its big exhibition . In addition, Bacon is the author of the most expensive work of post-war artists and took third place in the ranking leaders of auction sales .

At the tender will be presented and contemporary artists - from the inevitable Demiena Hurst (Damien Hirst) , Syaogana Zhang (Zhang Xiaogang) and Banksy to less promoted in the press Peter Doig (Peter Doig) and Yaei Kusama (Yayoi Kusama) .

Material prepared Yulia Maksimova

Sources: artdaily.org , sothebys.com , artinvestment.ru



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