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Contemporary East

07 June 2016 | 1:00 PM BST | London

SALE TOTAL

1,294,563GBP
Browse Lots
  • 277
    Georgy Gurianov
    Self-Portrait
    LOT SOLD.143,000GBP
  • 239
    Komar and Melamid
    Double Self-Portrait from the Sots Art Series
    LOT SOLD.125,000GBP
  • 270
    Judit Reigl
    Guano
    LOT SOLD.115,000GBP
  • 275
    Merab Abramishvili
    Three Hundred Aragvians
    LOT SOLD.62,500GBP
  • 211
    Vladimir Weisberg
    Standing Nude
    LOT SOLD.62,500GBP
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Sale Number: L16117 Lots : 123

SALE TOTAL

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Pavel Braila Interview: How My Father Inspired My Work

Roman Cieślewicz: The Poster Boy of Poster Design

RESULTS

The sale achieved a total of £1,294,563 and there were 16 new artist records set. The top lot was Georgy Gurianov’s Self-Portrait of 1990 which reached £143,000, and there was strong bidding for the collection of works by Czech artist Běla Kolářová. 

AUCTION DETAILS

Contemporary East will feature paintings, photography and sculpture from 1945 to today by leading artists from Central and Eastern Europe and the Caucasus. Among the artists included are Judit Reigl, Karel Malich, Ivan Kožarić, Komar and Melamid, and Vladimir Weisberg. There is a strong selection of vintage photographs and collages by Běla Kolářová and Dóra Maurer, and a rare group of nine works by Polish designer Roman Cieślewicz, led by his striking 1968 design Cassius Clay.

Pavel Braila Interview: How My Father Inspired My Work

Roman Cieślewicz: The Poster Boy of Poster Design

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International Director
Russian Art
+44 20 7293 5597
jo.vickery@sothebys.com
Reto Barmettler
Director
Head of Department, London
Russian Pictures
+44 20 7293 5673
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Frances Asquith
Vice President
Senior International Specialist, New York
Russian Pictures
+1 212 894 1063
frances.asquith@sothebys.com
Wladimir Witkowsky
Junior Specialist
Russian Art
+33 1 53 05 53 27
wladimir.witkowsky@sothebys.com
Margarita Danshina
Junior Specialist
+7 495 772 9688
margarita.danshina@sothebys.com
Charlotte Larkin
Specialist
Russian Pictures
+44 207 293 5565
charlotte.larkin@sothebys.com
Dr Soraya Gräfin von Stubenberg
Consultant Representative for Hungary
+43 1 512 4772
soraya.stubenberg.representative@sothebys.com
Krystyna Zelenka
Consultant Representative for Poland
+43 1 512 4772
krystyna.zelenka.representative@sothebys.com
Dr Filip Marco
Consultant
+420 2 2423 7298
filip.marco@sothebys.com
   
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