Sovcom art gallery – is a gallery with funds containing more than two thousand works of arts and graphics, sculpture and porcelain works, as well as the photos of 1920-1990th.
The phenomenon of auction presumably appeared in the Old Rome: at those times people publicly traded with slaves, horses, artworks, confiscated property of poor debtors and of patricians, fallen into disgrace. In XVIII century such kind of bids were organized in France, and later on, in other European countries. Great while, the auctions in Europe were mostly carried out in houses, where goods exposed on sale were located. Such goods were exposed for public review in the streets and yards in front of the house. Soon afterwards, the auctions became always managed by some crafty conductors. As the result of such manner, a profession of bidder became recognized. Such person was not simply an agent, but a competent expert, whose professionalism directly influenced the successful results of the bids. Then times requested those ones estimating the quality of exposing goods on-sale, then bids required lodgings, which could admit all those wishing to bargain with and just having a look at enthralling and gambling show…Sovcom art gallery – is a gallery with funds containing more than two thousand works of arts and graphics, sculpture and porcelain works, as well as the photos of 1920-1990th. The gallery’s collection encompasses all the diversity of art movements and groups of 1920-1930th, leaders of Soviet fine arts, laureates of State awards and an exceptionally broad and diverse collection of men of the sixties, the founders of "drastic style”. The gallery’s collection also includes artworks of former centuries, modern paintings and author's replications of famous works, which have been acquired by the State Tretyakov Gallery, the State Russian Museum and other state leading museums; then, section of soviet artworks in graphics, including the largest collection of L.V. Soifertis, original illustrations by A.M.Kanevsky and V.G.Suteyev, artworks and graphics by artists-recusants. Nowadays, the section of modern art has also been enlarged. The gallery conducts regular auctions and takes on commission and purchases works of famous Russian and Soviet, as well as modern artists. On October 23rd the Russian auction SOVCOM will lead its seventh auction. The young gallery has taken a fast pace in respect of its lots exposed and the result of its bids. During the auction of June 11th, there were sold 89 lots out of 100. At the auction of September 10th, there were sold 91 lots out of 104. The SOVCOM auctions are thoroughly elaborated, and lots are selected with such a strategy which presumes exposition of works by top artists of soviet and modern Russian art. The top lot of the June’s auction became "Landscape with Prickly Pears. Feodosiya" by I.E.Krachkovsky (1906), estimated at $140.000, and sold for $165 000. During the November auction there will be exhibited "Gates of the Rostov Kremlin” by Yuon K.F., 1960 ($160 000 – 170 000), "View from the window. Menshikov’s Tower" by Drevin A.D. ($170 000 – 180 000). According to estimates given be experts the work of A.P. and S.P. Tkachyovs "The New Boat", and picture of "Tarkhov" N.A. "Thunderclouds over the yards" are pretending for such high estimates as well. By the way, the latest has been purchased by the gallery during the Sotheby’s auction in 2003, which is an example of the fact, that nowadays, the Russian art is better to sale in Russia. Besides fast dynamics of SOVCOM development and its clear pricing, it is worth to emphasize the positive influence of SOVCOM auctions in market of artworks. As most of works participate in the auctions on terms of commission, the measures, like those taken at the June bids, contribute to consolidation of Moscow antiquary market and adjustment of prices in some of its segments.
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