Várez Fisa and Thyssen, to sell
this week in London
The "Green House" of La Moraleja (Fisac's work,
was named after its proprietor, José Luis Várez Fisa , on account of the
shading it had both inside and outside), witnesses how, little by little, they
are surrendering their Stays the distinguished visitors that it has facilitated
for a long time: masterpieces loved, with emulate and enthusiasm, by one of the
considerable gatherers Spaniards, as well as Europeans. Várez Fisa (Barcelona,
1928) kicked the bucket in Madrid in 2014 .Months prior he made the Prado a
gift of twelve pieces, which were added to two beforehand gave and four in
store. Today they look in a live with their name in the exhibition hall. That
inheritance, accumulated by this businessperson and supporter for 50 years, is
scattering. As frequently happens, even in the best families, at times of the
alleged "triple D" (obligations, separations and passings).
The Várez Fisa accumulation had four in number focuses :
Spanish and viceregal silver from the XV to the XVII hundreds of years,
Spanish-Arab ceramics from a similar period, painting and paleohistory. Of the
last mentioned, 187 Egyptian, Iberian, Greek and Roman works (a remarkable
arrangement of Greek vessels emerges) were sold in 1999 for 12 million euros to
the Spanish State and today they are in the National Archeological Museum. The
family does not need the initial two, the most scholastic, to scatter and needs
them to remain in Spain: Várez Fisa experienced serious difficulties them
together.
In the hands of Juan Abelló
«The Adoration of the Magi», by Berruguete (Várez Fisa
Collection) - CHRISTIE'S
With respect to painting, five imperative works have
effectively gone to the hands of one more of the best Spanish gatherers: Juan
Abelló . This is the situation of three Goyas, an Antonio Joli and, most
particularly, a pined for cited still existence of Sánchez Cotán . There are
just six on the planet. One of them (the main marked and dated) was procured by
the Prado with the heritage Villaescusa. The beneficiaries of Várez Fisa - they
are six siblings - take out on Wednesday at sell off in the room Christie's of
London an arrangement of 125 pieces : those that have acquired fare permit and
have universal intrigue. There are many to which the Board of Qualification,
Valuation and Export of Historic Heritage Property denied consent to leave
outside Spain. In different cases the family did not attempt as a result of its
relevance.In the accumulation there are treasures like "The Count-Duke of
Olivares", of Velázquez (procured in London in 1979); Works by Goya,
Ribera ...
They offer depictions, models, embroidered works of art,
curves, capitals, altarpieces, carvings, Roman mosaics, Etruscan patios ...
Under the witticism of the list, "A recognized private
gathering" (the family needed to keep some namelessness), a varied yet
superb set is marked down: Roman mosaics, a couple of Etruscan earthenware from
the third century BC, Byzantine crosses, embroidered works of art, curves, a
tenth century Andalusian capital, Spanish altarpieces and carvings, Chinese
furniture, forms by Moore, Gargallo and Botero or canvases by remarkable
specialists. The accumulation has been shown before deal in Mexico City and New
York.
For its exceptionality, a canvas by Luis Paret and Alcázar
go in November in Madrid to indicate it to potential clients and the Prado
Museum, which may be intrigued. It is "The Port of Bermeo" , an oil
on copper, marked and dated in 1783. Its assessed cost: 1.4-2 million euros. It
is trusted that in 1808 he was in the Royal Palace of Madrid. Carlos III wound
up banishing the craftsman from Madrid, who was guide to the Infante wear Luis
. He was blamed for looking for this young lady. The work was taken care of by
Spanish and Irish authorities, it was unloaded in London in 1983, in the wake
of being stored in the National Gallery of London and, in a mysterious deal by
Edmund Peel and Asociados in October 1990, gained by Várez Fisa. It was
purchased, in the same way as other others of the accumulation, in
administration of brief importation . As built up in the Historical Heritage
Act of 1985, this sort of imports are restored like clockwork through a sort of
"visa". Considered Paret's perfect work of art, he loved Carlos III
so much that he requested a hard stone variant, today in the Prado's gathering.
Critical still lifes
«San José and the Child», by Murillo (Várez Fisa Collection)
- CHRISTIE'S
Among the artworks incorporated into the bartering are
likewise "San José y el Niño", by Murillo (3.4-5.6 million euros) , a
gallery quality painting that has been in English accumulations since 1809.
Várez Fisa obtained it in Sotheby's-New York in 1998. There are likewise
essential canvases, for example, "La charidad de Santo Tomás de
Villanueva" by Zurbarán (340,000-560,000 euros); A couple of vases from
Arellano (450,000-670,000 euros); "Alexander Magno and Campaspe in the
investigation of Apelles" by Tiepolo (280,000-390,000 euros), a still life
by Antonio Ponce (280,000-390,000 euros) ... The cost of gems, for example,
"The Adoration of the Magi" Berruguete (230,000-330,000 euros). Be
that as it may, old Spanish workmanship does not reach in the market the high
costs of current craftsmanship (Picasso, Gris, Dalí, Miró). There is no solid
accumulation for this sort of works.
Juan Várez , one of the six offspring of José Luis Várez
Fisa and Milagros Venegas, is CEO of Christie's in Spain , which could have
been an irreconcilable situation. Be that as it may, he has not mediated in the
valuation group of the pieces or in the system of the sale. He's only one more
client. Benefactor of the ABC Museum , as of late gave to the Museo Reina Sofía
Foundation the work "Structure Daca" by Dan Graham.
Goya and the Thyssen
"Lady with two kids alongside a wellspring", by
Goya. Detail (Borja Thyssen Collection) - CHRISTIE'S
Just a single day after the sale of the Várez Fisa
Collection at Christie's in London, this same room will be the scene of another
exceptionally huge occasion for Spain. On the front of the offer of old bosses,
a depiction by Goya : "Lady with two youngsters by a wellspring" ,
star of the closeout. Its evaluated cost is 4.5-6.7 million euros. It is
dependably an occasion that goes to advertise a Goya, however for this
situation includes that there is behind it an astringent and long well-known
contention. As per the list, its proprietor is "Nobleman Borja Thyssen-Bornemisza".Borja
Thyssen , for the Spaniards. It is a preliminary draw for the canvas "The
poor at the source" (Museo del Prado), having a place with the arrangement
of the Four Seasons of their embroidered artwork for woven artworks , intended
to brighten one of the rooms of the Palacio del Pardo .
The draw, which has been displayed in vital exhibition halls
around the globe, was sold to the Dukes of Osuna in 1798, later go under the
control of the collector Lafora. Thyssen aristocrats gained it in New York in
1984 on the event of the sanctification of Borja , the child of Carmen Cervera,
who was received by the nobleman. In his diaries, he clarifies that his better
half and he chose to get it as a result of their association with immersion (water
and youngsters): "I recall that we stated: some time or another the photo
will be for him. We took it to our suite at the Hotel Pierre . There we hung it
and remained for a considerable length of time. " The sketch was purchased
under impermanent importation, so it has possessed the capacity to go out
available to be purchased abroad.
It happened to the accumulation Carmen Thyssen and was
stored, by different works possessed by the noblewoman, in Thyssen Museum
.Borja asserted that both this work and Corrado Giaquinto's "The Baptism
of Christ" were his. The issue came to court. In any case, mother and
child achieved an understanding in 2014 . Borja kept the photos. Maybe his
issues with the treasury (he is examined for an affirmed wrongdoing against the
general population treasury) have driven him to require liquidity and offer the
Goya. He as of now requested the fare allow for Guiaquinto. Carmen Thyssen sold
in 2012, likewise in Christie's and for absence of money, a showstopper of its
gathering: "The floodgate", of Constable, by 27.9 million euros .
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