A Dancer in Spanish Costume by Iacovleff was a top bid at Christie's

The Russian Arts’ Auction Week has been launched in London. It started with Christie's Auction held on June 4. The income from selling the Russian and Soviet paintings exceeded 6 million US dollars, TASS informs.

The top bid was a A Dancer in Spanish Costume by Alexandre Iacovleff. An unknown buyer bought the masterpiece for 1,5 million US dollars. The final price was twice as higher as its estimated price.

A bust of a young lady made of marble by Russian sculptor Serafim Sudbinin was sold for more than 400 thousand US dollars. This sum is a record for auction sales of Sudbinin’s masterpieces.

 Besides, the most expensive bid in the section of post-war arts was a painting by Oleg Tselkov titled Group portrait with watermelon sold for 250 thousand US dollars. 

One of the most interesting bids for sale was a painting by Boris Grigoriev called Mother Arata,  representing the Breton cycle of works of the artist. The price for this painting reached almost half a million US dollars.

Decorative-applied arts and icons’ auctions are scheduled as of today.

Traditionally the Russian Week is organized twice a year. The largest auction houses such as Sotheby's, MacDougall's and Bonham are taking part in it.

Russkiy Mir