Azerbaijani artist's work appears in Sotheby's Auction House

By AzerNews

A painting by acclaimed Azerbaijani artist Javad Mirjavadov will be put up for sale in the Sotheby`s Auction House.

The work titled "Voyage to Mecca" is taken from the eastern miniature improvisations series dated to 1985-1986 years (oil on canvas 205 by 150 cm; 80 3/4 by 59).

The beginning price of the work is announced $80-112, 000,AzerTag state news agency reported.

Javad Mirjavadov, born in Baku in 1923, was an unfathomed genius of the 20th century, a non-conformist and a reformer, whose masterpieces have had a tremendous influence on the development of contemporary Azerbaijani art.

Mirjavadov`s paintings are presently part of the collections of major art lovers and museums around the world. His works are either unequivocally recognized or rejected, but the further his creative work distances from us in time, the clearer one may comprehend the uniqueness of his grandeur as a classical contemporary painter in Azerbaijan, the merits that Mirjavadov has gained after many years of non-recognition by critics and viewers.

Mirjavadov`s first private exhibition took place in 1987 when the artist was 64, and it was the first-ever opportunity to familiarize a wide range of viewers with his works. In 1987, when the breeze of freedom swept through the country, the daring painter was unexpectedly elected to the administration of the Union of Artists; the documentary ``This is Javad`` about the artist was shot; and the reproductions of his paintings were published in the Gobustan magazine. A year later, Mirjavadov was named a renowned art figure of the Republic.

In 1988 Mirjavadov`s drawings were included in an exhibition held in Japan.

Mirjavadov died in Copenhagen in1992.