The Art Newspaper Russia presents the rating: the most dear artists Russia from the living. If you are still sure that there were no Russian artists in the Western scene, we are ready to argue with that. The language of numbers.
The conditions were simple: each living artist could be represented by only one, his most expensive work. When compiling the rating, not only the results of public auctions were taken into account, but also the most high-profile private sales. The authors of the rating were guided by the principle “if something sells loudly, then someone needs it,” and therefore appreciated the work of marketers and press managers of artists who brought record private sales to the public. Important note: the rating is based solely on financial indicators; if it were based on the exhibition activity of artists, it would look somewhat different. External sources resources were used for analytics Artnet.com, Artprice.com, Skatepress.com And Artinvestment.ru.
The US dollar was chosen as the currency for the world ranking; the British pound sterling was taken as the equivalent of sales of Russian artists (since 90% of domestic sales took place in London in this currency). The remaining 10% of works sold in US dollars and euros were recalculated at the exchange rate at the time of the transaction, as a result of which some positions changed places. In addition to the actual cost of the work, data was collected on the total capitalization of artists (the number of top works sold at auction over all years), on the place of a contemporary artist in the ranking of artists of all times, on the place of the participant’s most expensive work among all works sold by other authors, and also about nationality and country of residence. Statistics on repeat sales of each artist also contain important information as an objective indicator of investment attractiveness.
Last year, 2013, significantly changed the position contemporary artists in the international sales ranking. Of the top 50 most expensive works of art, 16 modern works of art were sold last season - a record number (for comparison, 17 works were sold from 2010 to 2012; there was only one sale in the 20th century). The demand for living artists is partly identical to the demand for all contemporary art, partly to the cynical understanding that the capitalization of assets after their death will invariably increase.
Among the Russian participants, the brothers turned out to be the most respectable Sergey And Alexey Tkachev(b. 1922 and 1925), the youngest - Anatoly Osmolovsky(b. 1969). The question is who will be new Jean-Michel Basquiat, while open. In the sales of our artists, clear classes of buyers are visible: the leaders are bought by foreign collectors and Russian oligarchs, places from 10th to 30th are provided by emigrant collectors, and the conditional bottom of the top 50 is our future, young collectors who have entered the market with “new » money.
1. Ilya Kabakov It seems that in general he is the main Russian artist (which does not prevent Kabakov, who was born in Dnepropetrovsk, from describing himself as Ukrainian), the founding father of Moscow conceptualism (one of), the author of the term and practice of “total installation”. Since 1988 he has lived and worked in New York. He works in collaboration with his wife, Emilia Kabakova, which is why the title should look like “Ilya and Emilia Kabakov,” but since Ilya Iosifovich became known earlier than Ilya and Emilia, then let it remain so. The works are in the Tretyakov Gallery, the Russian Museum, the Hermitage, MoMA, Kolodzei Art Foundation(USA), etc. Year of birth: 1933 Work: "Beetle". 1982 Date of sale: 02/28/2008 Price (GBP)1: 2,932,500 Total capitalization (GBP): 10,686,000 Place: 1 Average Job Cost (GBP): 117,429 Number of repeat sales: 12
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2. Erik Bulatov Using techniques that would later be called social art, he combined in his works figurative painting with text. IN Soviet time successful children's book illustrator. Since 1989 he has lived and worked in New York, and since 1992 in Paris. The first Russian artist with a personal exhibition at the Pompidou Center. Works are kept in collections Tretyakov Gallery, Russian Museum, Center Pompidou, Ludwig Museum in Cologne, etc., are included in the collections of the Foundation Dina Verni, Viktor Bondarenko, Vyacheslav Kantor, Ekaterina and Vladimir Semenikhin, Igor Tsukanov. Year of birth: 1933 Work: “Glory to the CPSU.” 1975 Date of sale: 02/28/2008 Price (GBP)1: 1,084,500 Total capitalization (GBP): 8,802,000 Place: 2 Average job cost (GBP): 163,000 Number of repeat sales: 11
3. Vitaly Komar and Alexander Melamid The creators of Sots Art - an ironic movement in unofficial art that parodies the symbolism and techniques of officialdom. Since 1978 they have lived in New York. Until the mid-2000s they worked in pairs. A “sale of souls” was organized as an art project famous artists through auction (soul Andy Warhol since then it has been owned by a Moscow artist Alena Kirtsova). Works are in the collections of MoMA, the Guggenheim Museum, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Louvre, and in the collections Shalva Breus, Daria Zhukova And Roman Abramovich and etc. Year of birth: 1943, 1945 Work: “Meeting of Solzhenitsyn and Böll at Rostropovich’s dacha.” 1972 Date of sale: 04/23/2010 Price (GBP)1: 657,250 Total capitalization (GBP): 3,014,000 Place: 7 Average job cost (GBP): 75,350 Number of repeat sales: 3
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4. Semyon Faibisovich A photorealist artist who remains the most accurate realist even now, when Semyon Natanovich is less interested in painting than in journalism. He exhibited on Malaya Gruzinskaya, where in 1985 he was noticed by New York dealers and collectors. Since 1987, regularly exhibited in the USA and Western Europe. An active supporter of the repeal of the law on the promotion of homosexuality in Russia. Lives and works in Moscow. Works are in the collections of the Tretyakov Gallery, the Moscow House of Photography, museums in Germany, Poland, the USA, and are included in the collections Daria Zhukova And Roman Abramovich, Igor Markin, Igor Tsukanova. Year of birth: 1949 Work: “Soldiers” (from the “Station Stations” series). 1989 Date of sale: 10/13/2007 Price (GBP)1: 311,200 Total capitalization (GBP): 3,093,000 Place: 6 Average Job Cost (GBP): 106,655 Number of repeat sales: 7
5. Grigory (Grisha) Bruskin The main character of the first and last Soviet auction Sotheby's in 1988, where his work Fundamental Lexicon became the top lot (£220 thousand). At the invitation of the German government, he created a monumental triptych for the reconstructed Reichstag in Berlin. Winner of the Kandinsky Prize in the “Project of the Year” nomination for the exhibition Time H at the Multimedia Art Museum. Lives and works in New York and Moscow. The works are in the collections of the Tretyakov Gallery, the Russian Museum, and the Pushkin Museum. A. S. Pushkin, the Ludwig Museum in Cologne, MoMA, the Museum of Jewish Culture (New York), etc., are included in the collections of the Queen of Spain Sofia, Peter Aven, Shalva Breus, Vladimir and Ekaterina Semenikhin, Milos Forman. Year of birth: 1945 Work: “Logies. Part 1". 1987 Date of sale: 07.11.2000 Price (GBP)1: 424,000 Total capitalization (GBP): 720,000 Place: 15 Average job cost (GBP): 24,828 Number of repeat sales: 5
6. Oleg Tselkov One of the most famous sixties artists, who in the 1960s began and still continues a series of paintings depicting rough, as if sculpted from clay, human faces(or figures) painted with bright aniline colors. Since 1977 he has lived in Paris. The works are in the collections of the Tretyakov Gallery, the Russian Museum, the Hermitage, the Zimmerli Museum of Rutgers University, etc., and are included in the collections Mikhail Baryshnikov, Arthur Miller, Igor Tsukanov. The largest private collection of Tselkov's works in Russia belongs to Evgeniy Yevtushenko. Year of birth: 1934 Work: "Boy with balloons" 1957 Date of sale: 11/26/2008 Price (GBP)1: 238,406 Total capitalization (GBP): 4,232,000 Place: 5 Average job cost (GBP): 53,570 Number of repeat sales: 14
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7. Oscar Rabin Leader of the “Lianozov group” (Moscow nonconformist artists of the 1950s-1960s), organizer of the scandalous Bulldozer exhibition 1974. He was the first in the Soviet Union to sell works privately. In 1978 he was deprived of Soviet citizenship. Lives and works in Paris. In 2006 he became a laureate of the Innovation Prize for his contribution to art. The works are in the collections of the Tretyakov Gallery, the Russian Museum, and the Moscow Museum contemporary art, Zimmerli Museum of Rutgers University, are included in the collections of Alexander Glezer, Vyacheslav Kantor, Alexander Kronik, Iveta and Tamaz Manasherov, Evgeniy Nutovich, Aslan Chekhoev. Year of birth: 1928 Work: “The City and the Moon (Socialist city)". 1959 Date of sale: 04/15/2008 Price (GBP)1: 171,939 Total capitalization (GBP): 5,397,000 Place: 3 Average job cost (GBP): 27,964 Number of repeat sales: 45
8. Zurab Tsereteli The largest representative of already monumental art. Author of the monument to Peter I in Moscow and the monument Good conquers Evil in front of the UN building in New York. Founder of the Moscow Museum of Modern Art, President Russian Academy arts, creator of the Zurab Tsereteli Art Gallery, which works at the above-mentioned academy. Sculptures of Zurab Tsereteli, in addition to Russia, adorn Brazil, Great Britain, Georgia, Spain, Lithuania, USA, France and Japan. Year of birth: 1934 Work: “Dream of Athos” Date of sale: 12/01/2009 Price (GBP)1: 151,250 Total capitalization (GBP): 498,000 Place: 19 Average job cost (GBP): 27,667 Number of repeat sales: 4
9. Viktor Pivovarov One of the founders of Moscow conceptualism. Like Kabakov, the inventor of the concept album genre; like Kabakov, Bulatov and Oleg Vasiliev, a successful illustrator of children’s books who collaborated with the magazines “Murzilka” and “Funny Pictures”. Since 1982 he has lived and worked in Prague. The works are in the collections of the Tretyakov Gallery, the Russian Museum, and the Pushkin Museum. A. S. Pushkina, Kolodzei Art Foundation(USA), in the collections of Vladimir and Ekaterina Semenikhin, Igor Tsukanov. Year of birth: 1937 Work: “Triptych with a snake.” 2000 Date of sale: 10/18/2008 Price (GBP)1: 145,250 Total capitalization (GBP): 482,000 Place: 20 Average job cost (GBP): 17,852 Number of repeat sales: 6
10. Alexander Melamid Half of the creative tandem Komar - Melamid, which broke up in 2003. Together with Vitaly Komar, participant Bulldozer exhibition(where they died Double self-portrait, a seminal work of Sots Art). Since 1978 he has lived and worked in New York. There is no information about which famous collections contain Melamid’s works, created by him independently. Year of birth: 1945 Work: “Cardinal José Saraiva Martins.” 2007 Date of sale: 10/18/2008 Price (GBP)1: 145,250 Total capitalization (GBP): 145,000 Place: 36 Average job cost (GBP): 145,000 Number of repeat sales: —
11. Francisco Infante-Arana The owner of perhaps the most extensive list of exhibitions among Russian artists. Member of the kinetic group "Movement", in the 1970s he found his own version of photo performance, or “artifact” - geometric forms integrated into the natural landscape. Year of birth: 1943 Work: “Building a sign.” 1984 Date of sale: 05/31/2006 Price (GBP)1: 142,400 Total capitalization (GBP): 572,000 Place: 17 Average job cost (GBP): 22,000 Number of repeat sales: —
12. Vladimir Nemukhin Metaphysician. A classic of the second wave of Russian avant-garde, a member of the “Lianozov group”, one of the participants in the Bulldozer exhibition, curator (or initiator) of important exhibitions of the 1980s, when the unofficial Soviet art was just becoming aware of itself. Year of birth: 1925 Work: “Unfinished Solitaire.” 1966 Date of sale: 04/26/2006 Price (GBP)1: 240,000 Total capitalization (GBP): 4,338,000 Place: 4 Average Job Cost (GBP): 36,454 Number of repeat sales: 26
13. Vladimir Yankilevsky Surrealist, one of the main names of post-war Moscow unofficial art, creator of monumental philosophical polyptychs. Year of birth: 1938 Work: “Triptych No. 10. Anatomy of the soul. II." 1970 Date of sale: 04/23/2010 Price (GBP)1: 133,250 Total capitalization (GBP): 754,000 Place: 14 Average job cost (GBP): 12,780 Number of repeat sales: 7
14. Alexander Vinogradov and Vladimir Dubossarsky Scenic project Paintings to order, which they began in the hopeless 1990s for painting, received what it deserved in the 2000s. The duet became popular with collectors, and one painting ended up in the collection of the Pompidou Center. Year of birth: 1963, 1964 Work: "Night Fitness". 2004 Date of sale: 06/22/2007 Price (GBP)1: 132,000 Total capitalization (GBP): 1,378,000 Place: 11 Average job cost (GBP): 26,500 Number of repeat sales: 4
15. Sergey Volkov One of the heroes of perestroika art, known for his expressive paintings with thoughtful statements. Soviet auction participant Sotheby's in 1988. Year of birth: 1956 Work: “Double Vision. Triptych" Date of sale: 05/31/2007 Price (GBP)1: 132,000 Total capitalization (GBP): 777,000 Place: 12 Average job cost (GBP): 38,850 Number of repeat sales: 4
16. AES + F (Tatyana Arzamasova, Lev Evzovich, Evgeniy Svyatsky, Vladimir Fridkes) AES projects were distinguished by their good presentation in the slack 1990s, which is why they were remembered. Now they are making large animated murals that are broadcast on dozens of screens. Year of birth: 1955, 1958, 1957, 1956 Work: “Warrior No. 4” Date of sale: 03/12/2008 Price (GBP)1: 120,500 Total capitalization (GBP): 305,000 Place: 27 Average job cost (GBP): 30,500 Number of repeat sales: —
17. Lev Tabenkin A sculptor and painter with a sculptural vision, as if sculpting his heroes from clay. Year of birth: 1952 Work: "Jazz Orchestra". 2004 Date of sale: 06/30/2008 Price (GBP)1: 117,650 Total capitalization (GBP): 263,000 Place: 28 Average job cost (GBP): 26,300 Number of repeat sales: 7
18. Mikhail (Misha Shaevich) Brusilovsky Sverdlovsk surrealist, author of meaningful allegories. Year of birth: 1931 Work: "Football". 1965 Date of sale: 11/28/2006 Price (GBP)1: 108,000 Total capitalization (GBP): 133,000 Place: 38 Average job cost (GBP): 22,167 Number of repeat sales: —
19. Olga Bulgakova One of the main figures of the intelligentsia “carnival” painting of the Brezhnev era. Corresponding Member Russian Academy of Arts. Year of birth: 1951 Work: “Dream of Red bird." 1988 Date of sale: 11/22/2010 Price (GBP)1: 100,876 Total capitalization (GBP): 219,000 Place: 31 Average job cost (GBP): 36,500 Number of repeat sales: —
20. Alexander Ivanov An abstract artist who is known primarily as a businessman, collector and creator of the Faberge Museum in Baden-Baden (Germany). Year of birth: 1962 Work: "Love". 1996 Date of sale: 06/05/2013 Price (GBP)1: 97,250 Total capitalization (GBP): 201,000 Place: 33 Average Job Cost (GBP): 50,250 Number of repeat sales: —
21. Ivan Chuikov An independent wing of Moscow pictorial conceptualism. Author of a series of paintings-objects Windows. Somehow in the 1960s he burned all the paintings, which is why gallery owners are still sad. Year of birth: 1935 Work: "Untitled". 1986 Date of sale: 03/12/2008 Price (GBP)1: 96,500 Total capitalization (GBP): 1,545,000 Place: 10 Average Job Cost (GBP): 36,786 Number of repeat sales: 8
22. Konstantin Zvezdochetov In his youth, he was a member of the group "Mukhomor", which called themselves "fathers" new wave" in Soviet Union" - with good reason; with the onset of creative maturity, participant of the Venice Biennale and Kassel documenta. Researcher and connoisseur of the visual in Soviet grassroots culture. Year of birth: 1958 Product: "Perdo-K-62M" Date of sale: 06/13/2008 Price (GBP)1: 92,446 Total capitalization (GBP): 430,000 Place: 22 Average job cost (GBP): 22,632 Number of repeat sales: 2
23. Natalya Nesterova One of the main art stars of the Brezhnev stagnation. Loved by collectors for its textured, painterly style. Year of birth: 1944 Work: “The Miller and His son". 1969 Date of sale: 06/15/2007 Price (GBP)1: 92,388 Total capitalization (GBP): 1,950,000 Place: 9 Average job cost (GBP): 20,526 Number of repeat sales: 15
24. Maxim Kantor An expressionist painter who performed in the Russian pavilion at the Venice Biennale in 1997 - as well as a publicist and writer, author of a philosophical and satirical novel Drawing tutorial about the ins and outs of the Russian art world. Year of birth: 1957 Work: “The Structure of Democracy.” 2003 Date of sale: 10/18/2008 Price (GBP)1: 87,650 Total capitalization (GBP): 441,000 Place: 21 Average Job Cost (GBP): 44,100 Number of repeat sales: 2
25. Andrey Sidersky Creates paintings in the style of psy-art he invented. Translated works of Carlos Castaneda and Richard Bach into Russian. Year of birth: 1960 Work: “Triptych” Date of sale: 12/04/2009 Price (GBP)1: 90,000 Total capitalization (GBP): 102,000 Place: 42 Average job cost (GBP): 51,000 Number of repeat sales: —
26. Valery Koshlyakov Known for paintings with architectural motifs. The largest representative of the “South Russian wave”. Often uses cardboard boxes, bags, and tape. The first exhibition with his participation was held in a public toilet in Rostov-on-Don in 1988. Year of birth: 1962 Work: "Versailles". 1993 Date of sale: 03/12/2008 Price (GBP)1: 72,500 Total capitalization (GBP): 346,000 Place: 26 Average job cost (GBP): 21,625 Number of repeat sales: 8
27. Alexey Sundukov Laconic, leaden in color paintings about “ lead abominations» everyday Russian life. Year of birth: 1952 Work: “The Essence of Being.” 1988 Date of sale: 04/23/2010 Price (GBP)1: 67,250 Total capitalization (GBP): 255,000 Place: 29 Average job cost (GBP): 25,500 Number of repeat sales: 1
28. Igor Novikov Belongs to the generation of Moscow nonconformist artists of the late 1980s. Year of birth: 1961 Work: “The Kremlin Breakfast, or Moscow for Sale.” 2009 Date of sale: 03.12.2010 Price (GBP)1: 62,092 Total capitalization (GBP): 397,000 Place: 24 Average job cost (GBP): 15,880 Number of repeat sales: 3
29. Vadim Zakharov Archivist of Moscow conceptualism. The author of spectacular installations on profound topics, represented Russia at the Venice biennial Year of birth: 1959 Work: "Baroque". 1986-1994 Date of sale: 10/18/2008 Price (GBP)1: 61,250 Total capitalization (GBP): 243,000 Place: 30 Average job cost (GBP): 20,250 Number of repeat sales: —
30. Yuri Krasny Author art programs for children with special needs. Year of birth: 1925 Work: “The Smoker” Date of sale: 04/04/2008Price (GBP)1: 59,055 Total capitalization (GBP): 89,000 Place: 44 Average job cost (GBP): 11,125 Number of repeat sales: 8
31. Sergey and Alexey Tkachev Classics of late Soviet impressionism, students of Arkady Plastov, famous for their paintings from the life of the Russian village. Year of birth: 1922, 1925 Work: “In the Field.” 1954 Date of sale: 01.12.2010 Price (GBP)1: 58,813 Total capitalization (GBP): 428,000 Place: 23 Average job cost (GBP): 22,526 Number of repeat sales: 4
32. Svetlana Kopystyanskaya Known for installations of paintings. After the Moscow auction Sotheby's in 1988 he works abroad. Year of birth: 1950 Work: “Seascape” Date of sale: 10/13/2007 Price (GBP)1: 57,600 Total capitalization (GBP): 202,000 Place: 32 Average job cost (GBP): 22,444 Number of repeat sales: 2
33. Boris Orlov A sculptor close to social art. He is famous for his works in the ironic “imperial” style and his masterful craftsmanship of bronze busts and bouquets. Year of birth: 1941 Work: "Sailor". 1976 Date of sale: 10/17/2013 Price (GBP)1: 55,085 Total capitalization (GBP): 174,000 Place: 34 Average job cost (GBP): 17,400 Number of repeat sales: 1
34. Vyacheslav Kalinin The author of expressive paintings from the life of the urban lower classes and drinking bohemia. Year of birth: 1939 Artwork: “Self-portrait with a hang glider” Date of sale: 11/25/2012 Price (GBP)1: 54,500 Total capitalization (GBP): 766,000 Place: 13 Average job cost (GBP): 12,767 Number of repeat sales: 24
35. Evgeny Semenov Known for his photo series with Down's disease patients playing the roles of gospel characters. Year of birth: 1960 Work: "Heart". 2009 Date of sale: 06/29/2009 Price (GBP)1: 49,250 Total capitalization (GBP): 49,000 Place: 48 Average job cost (GBP): 49,000 Number of repeat sales: —
36. Yuri Cooper He became famous for his nostalgic canvases with old household items. Author of the play Twelve paintings from the life of the artist, staged at the Moscow Art Theater. A.P. Chekhov. Year of birth: 1940 Work: “Window. Dassa Street, 56." 1978 Date of sale: 06/09/2010 Price (GBP)1: 49,250 Total capitalization (GBP): 157,000 Place: 35 Average job cost (GBP): 2,754 Number of repeat sales: 14
37. Alexander Kosolapov A socialist artist whose work has become a target for all sorts of attacks. During the Art Moscow 2005 fair, one of his works was destroyed by a religious fanatic with a hammer. Year of birth: 1943 Work: "Marlboro Malevich." 1987 Date of sale: 03/12/2008 Price (GBP)1: 48,500 Total capitalization (GBP): 510,000 Place: 18 Average job cost (GBP): 15,938 Number of repeat sales: 1
38. Leonid Sokov A leading sculptor of Sots Art who combined folklore with politics. Among famous works Device for determining nationality by nose shape. Year of birth: 1941 Work: “A bear hitting a sickle with a hammer.” 1996 Date of sale: 03/12/2008 Price (GBP)1: 48,500 Total capitalization (GBP): 352,000 Place: 25 Average job cost (GBP): 13,538 Number of repeat sales: 7
39. Vladimir Ovchinnikov One of the patriarchs of unofficial art in Leningrad. Orthodox version of Fernando Botero. Year of birth: 1941 Work: “Angels and Railway Tracks.” 1977 Date of sale: 04/17/2007 Price (GBP)1: 47,846 Total capitalization (GBP): 675,000 Place: 16 Average job cost (GBP): 15,341 Number of repeat sales: —
40. Konstantin Khudyakov Author of paintings on religious subjects. Currently working in digital art technology. Year of birth: 1945 Work: " last supper" 2007 Date of sale: 02/18/2011 Price (GBP)1: 46,850 Total capitalization (GBP): 97,000 Place: 43 Average job cost (GBP): 32,333 Number of repeat sales: —
41. Ernst Neizvestny An icon of Soviet nonconformism - ever since he openly objected to General Secretary Nikita Khrushchev at the vernissage of the legendary exhibition dedicated to the 30th anniversary of the Moscow Union of Artists. After that, he made a monument at Khrushchev’s grave and a monument in front of the UN European headquarters. Year of birth: 1925 Work: “Untitled” Date of sale: 06/08/2010 Price (GBP)1: 46,850 Total capitalization (GBP): 2,931,000 Place: 8 Average job cost (GBP): 24,839 Number of repeat sales: 13
42. Anatoly Osmolovsky One of the main figures of Moscow actionism of the 1990s, art theorist, curator, publisher and head of the Baza Institute research and educational program, laureate of the first Kandinsky Prize. Year of birth: 1969 Work: “Bread” (from the “Pagans” series). 2009 Date of sale: 04/23/2010 Price (GBP)1: 46,850 Total capitalization (GBP): 83,000 Place: 46 Average job cost (GBP): 11,857 Number of repeat sales: —
43. Dmitry Vrubel Photorealist painter, known mainly for his painting of Brezhnev and Honecker kissing (more precisely, thanks to the author’s reproduction on the Berlin Wall). Year of birth: 1960 Work: “Fraternal kiss (triptych).” 1990 Date of sale: 11/25/2013 Price (GBP)1: 45,000
Place: 40 Average job cost (GBP): 16,429 Number of repeat sales: 2
44. Leonid Lamm The author of installations that combine motifs of the Russian avant-garde and scenes of Soviet prison life. Lives in America. In the 1970s, he spent three years in prisons and camps on false charges. Year of birth: 1928 Work: “Apple II” (from the “Seventh Heaven” series). 1974-1986 Date of sale: 12/16/2009 Price (GBP)1: 43,910 Total capitalization (GBP): 115,000 Place: 41 Average job cost (GBP): 14,375 Number of repeat sales: —
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Irina Nakhova’s picturesque installations of the 1980s in her apartment can claim authorship in the “total” genre.
45. Irina Nakhova Muse of Moscow conceptualism. Winner of the 2013 Kandinsky Prize for “Project of the Year”. In 2015 at the 56th Venice Biennale will represent Russia. Year of birth: 1955 Work: "Triptych". 1983 Date of sale: 03/12/2008 Price (GBP)1: 38,900 Total capitalization (GBP): 85,000 Place: 45 Average job cost (GBP): 17,000 Number of repeat sales: 1
46. Katya Filippova Avant-garde clothing designer who became famous during perestroika. She decorated the windows of the Parisian department store Galeries Lafayette, and was friends with Pierre Cardin. Year of birth: 1958 “Work: Marina Ladynina” (from the “Russian Hollywood” series) Date of sale: 03/12/2008 Price (GBP)1: 38,900 Total capitalization (GBP): 39,000 Place: 49 Average job cost (GBP): 39,000 Number of repeat sales: —
47. Boris Zaborov Theater artist, book illustrator. In 1980 he emigrated to Paris and worked on costumes for the Comedy Française. Year of birth: 1935 Work: “Participant”. 1981 Date of sale: 10/30/2006 Price (GBP)1: 36,356 Total capitalization (GBP): 67,000 Place: 47 Average job cost (GBP): 13,400 Number of repeat sales: 2
48. Rostislav Lebedev Classic socialist artist, colleague (and workshop neighbor) of Boris Orlov and Dmitry Prigov. Creatively transformed visual propaganda from Soviet times. Year of birth: 1946 Work: “Russian Fairy Tale”. 1949 Date of sale: 06/03/2008 Price (GBP)1: 34,000 Total capitalization (GBP): 122,000 Place: 39 Average job cost (GBP): 24,400 Number of repeat sales: 2
49. Andrey Filippov Belongs to the Moscow conceptual school. The author of paintings and installations united by the theme “Moscow - the Third Rome”. Since 2009, together with Yuri Albert and Victor Skersis, he has been a member of the Cupid group. Year of birth: 1959 Work: "Seven Feet Under the Keel." 1988 Date of sale: 05/31/2006 Price (GBP)1: 33,600 Total capitalization (GBP): 137,000 Place: 37 Average job cost (GBP): 12,455 Number of repeat sales: 3
50. Vladimir Shinkarev Founder and ideologist of the Leningrad art group“Mitki”, in whose novel Mitki this term was first heard. The novel was written out of boredom while working in the boiler room. Year of birth: 1954 Work: “Lenin Square I”. 1999 Date of sale: 06/30/2008 Price (GBP)1: 32,450 Total capitalization (GBP): 33,000 Place: 50 Average job cost (GBP): 16,500 Number of repeat sales: —
Sales vs exhibitions
Market recognition and professional community recognition seem to many different things, however, the division into “commercial” and “non-commercial” artists is very arbitrary. Thus, of the Russian artists who have exhibited at the Venice Biennale of Contemporary Art over the past ten years (and this is the pinnacle of their professional career), seven (if counting by person, then 11 people) are included in our rating. And the top 10 artists from the rating either exhibited at the Venice Biennale before, or had personal exhibitions V major museums. As for those wonderful artists who were not included in the rating, their absence or not very outstanding sales can be explained simply and banally. Collectors are conservative and even from the most avant-garde creators they prefer to buy paintings (paintings, objects similar to paintings or photographs) or sculpture (or objects similar to sculpture). There are no record-breaking performances or giant installations in our rating (installations are usually bought by museums, but the prices are museum-quality, at a discount). That is why such stars as Andrey Monastyrsky, Oleg Kulik, Pavel Pepperstein(until recently I mainly did graphics, and graphics are a priori cheaper than painting) or, for example, Nikolay Polissky, whose grandiose designs have not yet found any understanding collectors.
In addition, the market is also conservative because recognition comes slowly - note that in the top 10 all artists were born in 1950 or older. That is, promising participants of the biennale still have everything ahead of them.
One of our favorite final top 10s. All these artists are the real pride of Russia. And yes - in the rating we include all authors who were born in the territory Russian Empire, regardless of whose citizenship they subsequently adopted
That is why the rating of Russian painters or, whoever likes, “artists of the orbit of Russian art” is traditionally headed by Mark Rothko - a native of Latvian Daugavpils (then Russian Dvinsk) Markus Yakovlevich Rotkovich, who later became a legend of American and world art. It also includes a former Russian lawyer with a German and later a French passport, Wassily Kandinsky, the father of abstract art. Adjacent to Kandinsky in the ranking is his colleague Alexei Jawlensky, whom the whole world knows under the noble von Jawlensky. Nearby are Chaim Soutine, a native of the Belarusian town of Smilovichi, and a Russian Parisian, originally from Vitebsk, Marc Chagall. And the top ten is completed by the artist Max Weber, who was taken by his parents from Bialystok, Grodno province. The rating of the top 10 paintings by Russian artists in 2016 was compiled: place of birth - Russia, one artist - one painting, sales - only at auction (without galleries and dealers), and prices in dollars in descending order. In particular, if we had not used the rule “one artist - one painting,” then the top 10 this time would have consisted of four paintings by Chagall, two by Soutine, two paintings by Kandinsky, plus Rodchenko and Rothko. Well, with the rule it still turns out more fun and varied. What's the point? First of all, it's beautiful! Secondly, it is expensive and, therefore, prestigious. And only thirdly, it is educational. After all, such ratings are compiled primarily for the sake of beauty - no other ambitious tasks are set for them. Well, shall we get started? Top 10 paintings by Russian artists at auctions in 2016
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![](https://i0.wp.com/artinvestment.ru/utils/imgresize3.php?img=/content/download/news_2016/20161219_top_russian09.jpg) Well, at the end - a kind of bonus track: Pavel Chelishchev. This Russian surrealist recently set his personal record and fell just short of the top 10 at the end of 2016. Chelishchev’s painting “Concert” was sensationally sold at Christie’s for five times the estimate and now occupies 11th place in the list of the most expensive works of Russian art sold at auction in 2016, with a result of $1,735,000.
![](https://i0.wp.com/artinvestment.ru/utils/imgresize3.php?img=/content/download/news_2016/20161219_top_russian11.jpg) Let me remind you that we recently summed up preliminary results for the domestic Russian art market. The report published three internal auction records, and the most expensive painting of 2016 was “Shelf” by Heliy Korzhev, sold for $370,000.
If you think that all great artists are in the past, then you have no idea how wrong you are. In this article you will learn about the most famous and talented artists of our time. And, believe me, their works will remain in your memory no less deeply than the works of maestros from past eras.
Wojciech Babski
Wojciech Babski is a contemporary Polish artist. Finished his studies in Silesian Polytechnic Institute, but associated himself with . IN Lately draws mainly women. Focuses on the expression of emotions, strives to obtain the greatest possible effect using simple means.
Loves color, but often uses shades of black and gray to achieve the best impression. Not afraid to experiment with different new techniques. Recently, he has been gaining increasing popularity abroad, mainly in the UK, where he successfully sells his works, which can already be found in many private collections. In addition to art, he is interested in cosmology and philosophy. Listens to jazz. Currently lives and works in Katowice.
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Warren Chang
Warren Chang is a contemporary American artist. Born in 1957 and raised in Monterey, California, he graduated with honors from Art Center College of Design in Pasadena in 1981, where he received a BFA. Over the next two decades, he worked as an illustrator for various companies in California and New York before embarking on a career as a professional artist in 2009.
His realistic paintings can be divided into two main categories: biographical interior paintings and paintings depicting people at work. His interest in this style of painting dates back to the work of the 16th century artist Johannes Vermeer, and extends to subjects, self-portraits, portraits of family members, friends, students, studio interiors, classrooms and homes. Its goal is to realistic paintings create mood and emotion through the manipulation of light and the use of muted colors.
Chang became famous after switching to traditional fine arts. Over the past 12 years, he has earned numerous awards and honors, the most prestigious of which is the Master Signature from the Oil Painters of America, the largest oil painting community in the United States. Only one person out of 50 is given the opportunity to receive this award. Warren currently lives in Monterey and works in his studio, and he also teaches (known as a talented teacher) at the San Francisco Academy of Art.
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Aurelio Bruni
Aurelio Bruni is an Italian artist. Born in Blair, October 15, 1955. He received a diploma in scenography from the Institute of Art in Spoleto. As an artist, he is self-taught, as he independently “built a house of knowledge” on the foundation laid in school. He began painting in oils at the age of 19. Currently lives and works in Umbria.
Bruni's early paintings are rooted in surrealism, but over time he begins to focus on the proximity of lyrical romanticism and symbolism, enhancing this combination with the exquisite sophistication and purity of his characters. Animated and inanimate objects acquire equal dignity and look almost hyper-realistic, but at the same time they do not hide behind a curtain, but allow you to see the essence of your soul. Versatility and sophistication, sensuality and loneliness, thoughtfulness and fruitfulness are the spirit of Aurelio Bruni, nourished by the splendor of art and the harmony of music.
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Aleksander Balos
Alkasander Balos is a contemporary Polish artist specializing in oil painting. Born in 1970 in Gliwice, Poland, but since 1989 he has lived and worked in the USA, in Shasta, California.
As a child, he studied art under the guidance of his father Jan, a self-taught artist and sculptor, so he early age, artistic activity received full support from both parents. In 1989, at the age of eighteen, Balos left Poland for the United States, where his school teacher and part-time artist Kathy Gaggliardi encouraged Alkasander to enroll in art school. Balos then received a full scholarship to the University of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, where he studied painting with philosophy professor Harry Rozin.
After graduating in 1995 with a bachelor's degree, Balos moved to Chicago to attend school visual arts, whose methods are based on the work of Jacques-Louis David. Figurative realism and portrait painting formed the majority of Balos' work in the 90s and early 2000s. Today, Balos uses the human figure to highlight the characteristics and shortcomings of human existence, without offering any solutions.
The subject compositions of his paintings are intended to be independently interpreted by the viewer, only then will the paintings acquire their true temporal and subjective meaning. In 2005, the artist moved to Northern California, since then the subject matter of his work has expanded significantly and now includes freer painting methods, including abstraction and various multimedia styles that help express ideas and ideals of existence through painting.
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Alyssa Monks
Alyssa Monks is a contemporary American artist. Born in 1977, in Ridgewood, New Jersey. I began to be interested in painting when I was still a child. Studied at the New School in New York and State University Montclair and graduated from Boston College in 1999 with a B.A. At the same time, she studied painting at the Lorenzo de' Medici Academy in Florence.
Then she continued her studies in the master's degree program at the New York Academy of Art, in the department of Figurative Art, graduating in 2001. She graduated from Fullerton College in 2006. For some time she lectured at universities and educational institutions throughout the country, she taught painting at the New York Academy of Art, as well as Montclair State University and Lyme Academy of Art College.
“Using filters such as glass, vinyl, water and steam, I distort the human body. These filters allow you to create large areas of abstract design, with islands of color peeking through - parts of the human body.
My paintings change the modern view of the already established, traditional poses and gestures of bathing women. They could tell an attentive viewer a lot about such seemingly self-evident things as the benefits of swimming, dancing, and so on. My characters press themselves against the glass of the shower window, distorting their own bodies, realizing that they thereby influence the notorious male gaze on a naked woman. Thick layers of paint are mixed to imitate glass, steam, water and flesh from afar. However, up close, the amazing physical properties oil paint. By experimenting with layers of paint and color, I find a point where abstract brushstrokes become something else.
When I first started painting the human body, I was immediately fascinated and even obsessed with it and believed that I had to make my paintings as realistic as possible. I “professed” realism until it began to unravel and reveal contradictions in itself. I am now exploring the possibilities and potential of a style of painting where representational painting and abstraction meet – if both styles can coexist at the same moment in time, I will do so.”
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Antonio Finelli
Italian artist – “ Time Observer” – Antonio Finelli was born on February 23, 1985. Currently lives and works in Italy between Rome and Campobasso. His works have been exhibited in several galleries in Italy and abroad: Rome, Florence, Novara, Genoa, Palermo, Istanbul, Ankara, New York, and can also be found in private and public collections.
Pencil drawings " Time Observer"Antonio Finelli takes us on an eternal journey through inner world human temporality and the associated scrupulous analysis of this world, the main element of which is the passage through time and the traces it makes on the skin.
Finelli paints portraits of people of any age, gender and nationality, whose facial expressions indicate passage through time, and the artist also hopes to find evidence of the mercilessness of time on the bodies of his characters. Antonio defines his works with one, general title: “Self-portrait”, because in his pencil drawings he not only depicts a person, but allows the viewer to contemplate the real results of the passage of time inside a person.
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Flaminia Carloni
Flaminia Carloni is a 37-year-old Italian artist, the daughter of a diplomat. She has three children. She lived in Rome for twelve years, and for three years in England and France. She received a degree in art history from the BD School of Art. Then she received a diploma as an art restorer. Before finding her calling and devoting herself entirely to painting, she worked as a journalist, colorist, designer, and actress.
Flaminia's passion for painting arose in childhood. Her main medium is oil because she loves to “coiffer la pate” and also play with the material. She recognized a similar technique in the works of artist Pascal Torua. Flaminia is inspired by great masters of painting such as Balthus, Hopper, and François Legrand, as well as various artistic movements: street art, Chinese realism, surrealism and Renaissance realism. Her favorite artist is Caravaggio. Her dream is to discover the therapeutic power of art.
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Denis Chernov
Denis Chernov is a talented Ukrainian artist, born in 1978 in Sambir, Lviv region, Ukraine. After graduating from the Kharkov Art School in 1998, he remained in Kharkov, where he currently lives and works. He also studied in Kharkov state academy design and arts, department of graphics, graduated in 2004.
He regularly participates in art exhibitions, this moment more than sixty of them took place, both in Ukraine and abroad. Most of Denis Chernov's works are kept in private collections in Ukraine, Russia, Italy, England, Spain, Greece, France, USA, Canada and Japan. Some of the works were sold at Christie's.
Denis works in a wide range of graphic and painting techniques. Pencil drawings are one of his most favorite painting methods; the list of themes in his pencil drawings is also very diverse; he paints landscapes, portraits, nudes, genre compositions, book illustrations, literary and historical reconstructions and fantasies.
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Every year, the Artprice portal publishes a list of the most expensive artists in the world, whose works are sold at auction for mind-boggling sums. As a rule, this rating includes the names of famous painters and sculptors, the prices of whose works may make you dizzy. The top ten of the “Artprcie” rating included such masters as: Claude Monet, Qi Baishi, Alberto Giacometti and Jeff Koons. In 2014, works by ten of the most expensive artists and sculptors were sold at auction for a whopping $2.7 billion. The most expensive work, the sculpture “Chariot” by Giacometti, went under the hammer for $90 million. Do you want to know who is in the top five most expensive artists in the world? Read our post. 10 PHOTOS The material was prepared with the support of the online creativity hypermarket http://rosa.ua/catalog/s1161_molberti/, which offers a wide selection of easels of the most popular types. 1. Fifth place among the most expensive artists in the world is occupied by Mark Rothko, an American artist, representative of abstract expressionism, as well as the creator of “color field painting.” Last year his works were auctioned at total amount at 249.2 million dollars, and the most expensive of them went under the hammer for 59 million dollars. (Photo: Getty Images).
2. The most expensive painting by Mark Rothko is “Orange, Red, Yellow” (pictured), which was sold at Christie’s in May 2012 for $77.5 million. (Photo: Jeremy Yoder/flickr.com). 3. Gerhard Richter took fourth place in the ranking - he is the only living artist who is among the top five most expensive masters in the world. He surprises not so much with his high position in the ranking, but with his creativity, which is generally difficult to classify. Therefore, it is not surprising that his works are extremely popular and are sold at auction for increasingly higher sums. (Photo: Getty Images).
4. In 2014, a total of 258 works by Gerhard Richter were sold for a total value of $254.3 million. His most expensive work was the 1989 painting “Abstraktes Bild” (pictured), which sold for $28.7 million at Christie’s in February.
5. Third place among the most expensive artists in the world was taken by Francis Bacon, a self-taught Irish artist. Last year, 122 paintings were sold for $270 million. (Photo: Getty Images).
6. The most expensive painting by Francis Bacon was the triptych “Three Sketches for a Portrait of Lucian Freud” (1969), which was auctioned in 2013 for $142.4 million. Currently this is the most expensive piece art in the history of the auction market. (Photo: Garrett Bithell/flickr.com).
7. In second place in the ranking of the most expensive artists in the world is Pablo Picasso, whose works were sold last year for $375 million. (Photo: Getty Images).
8. The most expensive work by Pablo Picasso and the third on the list of the most expensive paintings in the world is “Nude, green leaves and bust" (pictured) 1932, sold in 2010 for $106.5 million. (Photo: James R fauxtoes/flickr.com).
9. Based on the results of 2014, Andy Warhol became the most expensive artist in the world. His paintings were sold for $569.5 million. For comparison, the entire French art auction market failed to achieve such a sales volume last year. (Photo: Getty Images).
10. In 2014, the most expensive Andy Warhol painting was “Elvis Triple” (1963), which was sold at auction for $81.9 million. (Photo: lar3/flickr.com).
Photos of some paintings are not posted at the request of the copyright holders (since 70 years have not passed since the death of the author)
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Mark Rothko
No. 6 (Purple, green and red)
Price - $186 million
year of sale - 2014
private auction
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Mark Rothko
Orange, red, yellow
Price - $86.882 million
year of sale - 2012
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Kazimir Malevich
Suprematist composition
Price - $85.8125 million
year of sale - 2018 Paintings by Kazimir Malevich |
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Mark Rothko
239.4x175.9 cm
Price - $81.925 million
year of sale - 2015
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Mark Rothko
White center
Price - $72.8 million
year of sale - 2007
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Mark Rothko
#1 (Royal Red and Blue)
Price - $70.1 million
year of sale - 2002
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Mark Rothko
Untitled
261.6x158.7 cm
Price - $68 million
year of sale - 2014
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Mark Rothko
Untitled
242.9x186.7cm
Price - $46.45 million
year of sale - 2015
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Mark Rothko
Untitled
Price - $31.442 million
year of sale - 2011
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Mark Rothko
Untitled
176.2x222.3cm
Price - $26.92 million
year of sale - 2007
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Wassily Kandinsky
White sound
Price - 23.3 million
year of sale - 2007 Paintings by Wassily Kandinsky |
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Mark Rothko
Untitled
Price - $22.440 million
year of sale - 2007
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Mark Rothko
Veneration of Matisse
129.5x268.5cm
Price - $22.416 million
year of sale - 2005
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Wassily Kandinsky
129.5x129.5cm
Price - $19.441 million
year of sale - 1990 Paintings by Wassily Kandinsky |
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Alexey Yavlensky
Shocko in a wide-brimmed hat
Price - $18.665 million
year of sale - 2008
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Mark Rothko
Price - $17.368 million
year of sale - 2004
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Chaim Soutine
Portrait of a man in a red scarf
Price - £8.7 million ($17.2 million)
year of sale - 2007
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Kazemir Malevich
Suprematist composition
Price - $17.052 million
year of sale - 2000 Paintings by Kazimir Malevich |
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Mark Rothko
266.7x421.6cm
Price - $16.36 million
year of sale - 2003
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Chaim Soutine
Beef carcass
Price - £7.848 million ($15.2 million)
year of sale - 2006
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Marc Chagall
Price - $14.850 million
year of sale -1990
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Marc Chagall
Great Circus
Price - $13.7 million
year of sale -2007
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Natalia Goncharova
year of sale - 2008
Price - £5.5 million (approx. $10.9 million)
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Natalia Goncharova
Apple picking
year of sale - 2007
Price - £4.948 million (approx. $9.9 million)
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Marc Chagall
Russian village by moonlight
Price - $8.253 million
year of sale - 1999
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Konstantin Somov
year of sale - 2007
Price - £3.716 million ($7.433 million) Paintings by Konstantin Somov |
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Natalia Goncharova
year of sale - 2010
Price - $6.43 million
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Natalia Goncharova
Bells
year of sale - 2008
Price - £3.0445 million (approx. $5.97 million)
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Ilya Kabakov
year of sale - 2008
Price - $5.84 million
Phillips de Pury
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Boris Kustodiev
Village fair
Price - £2.84 million
year of sale - 2009 Paintings by Boris Kustodiev |
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Alexander Yakovlev
Portrait of Vasily Shukhaev in his studio
year of sale - 2007
Price - £2,820 million ($5,611 million)
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Marc Chagall
Yellow armchair
year of sale - 1999
Price - $5.503 million
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Alexey Yavlensky
Brown eyes
year of sale - 2006
Price - $5.5 million
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Vladimir Baranov-Rossine
Rhythm (Adam and Eve)
Price - £2.72 million
year of sale - 2008
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Ivan Aivazovsky
American Merchant Marine beyond the Rock of Gibraltar
109.3x132.3cm
year of sale - 2007 |
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