Vladimir Baranoff-Rossiné - The Rhythm. Adam and Eve 1910
The Rhythm. Adam and Eve 1910
202x293cm oil, pencil and crayon on canvas
Sold for: USD 5.40 million
Auction house: Christie's, London
Sale date: 24 June 2008
Seller: Private Collection
Buyer: Anonymous buyer
Vladimir Baranoff-Rossiné's The Rhythm (Adam and Eve) dates from the most important period of the Ukrainian painter's creativity, depicting nothing less than the creation of mankind and, in art historical terms, the birth of Orphism.