Icelandic Art at Christie's 2. nóvember 2006 11:14 Ólafur Elíasson The art piece Gletscher Serien by the Icelander Olafur Elíasson was sold for 18 million kronur at auctioneer Christie's. Seven Icelandic art pieces were for sale at the auction and all sold except for one piece by Nina Tryggvadóttir from 1959. Four of the pieces were by Olafur Elíasson. One piece by Elíasson sold for 600.000 kronur and other two sold for over a million. A painting by Louisa Matthíasdóttir of the harbor in Reykjavik sold for 3 million kronur and Landslag (Landscape) by Jóhannes Kjarval sold for five and a half million. Art historian Hannes Sigurðsson, cannot recall that Icelandic art pieces have been sold at the big auctioneers Sotheby's and Christie's before. „Kjarval is a great artist but his reputation has been bound to Iceland. It is very positive that he was sold for such a large amount at a well established auctioneer," says Hannes and adds that no other Icelandic artist has gained more recognition on the international art scene than Olafur Elíasson. News News in English Mest lesið Bensínbrúsar inni í íbúðinni Innlent Fólk látið vinna of hratt og fái ekki greitt fyrir alla vinnuna Innlent Sást ekki til sólar fyrir mýi Innlent Fólk í fjarvinnu finni fyrir minni streitu Innlent Fólk veltir fyrir sér hvort Áslaug Arna hafi verið slompuð í ræðustól Innlent Tekist á um breytta ásýnd Suðurlandsbrautar með tilkomu Borgarlínunnar Innlent Ökumenn sektaðir vegna notkunar nagladekkja Innlent Fjögurra ára gömul hola heyrir brátt sögunni til Innlent Lagði Livio sem þarf að punga út 25 milljónum króna Innlent Áfengi og íþróttaviðburðir geti átt samleið sé farið að lögum Innlent
The art piece Gletscher Serien by the Icelander Olafur Elíasson was sold for 18 million kronur at auctioneer Christie's. Seven Icelandic art pieces were for sale at the auction and all sold except for one piece by Nina Tryggvadóttir from 1959. Four of the pieces were by Olafur Elíasson. One piece by Elíasson sold for 600.000 kronur and other two sold for over a million. A painting by Louisa Matthíasdóttir of the harbor in Reykjavik sold for 3 million kronur and Landslag (Landscape) by Jóhannes Kjarval sold for five and a half million. Art historian Hannes Sigurðsson, cannot recall that Icelandic art pieces have been sold at the big auctioneers Sotheby's and Christie's before. „Kjarval is a great artist but his reputation has been bound to Iceland. It is very positive that he was sold for such a large amount at a well established auctioneer," says Hannes and adds that no other Icelandic artist has gained more recognition on the international art scene than Olafur Elíasson.
News News in English Mest lesið Bensínbrúsar inni í íbúðinni Innlent Fólk látið vinna of hratt og fái ekki greitt fyrir alla vinnuna Innlent Sást ekki til sólar fyrir mýi Innlent Fólk í fjarvinnu finni fyrir minni streitu Innlent Fólk veltir fyrir sér hvort Áslaug Arna hafi verið slompuð í ræðustól Innlent Tekist á um breytta ásýnd Suðurlandsbrautar með tilkomu Borgarlínunnar Innlent Ökumenn sektaðir vegna notkunar nagladekkja Innlent Fjögurra ára gömul hola heyrir brátt sögunni til Innlent Lagði Livio sem þarf að punga út 25 milljónum króna Innlent Áfengi og íþróttaviðburðir geti átt samleið sé farið að lögum Innlent