Antik A.S. in Istanbul to offer monumental masterpiece by artist Erol Akyavas
ISTANBUL.- Artam Antik A.S., the leading auction house in Turkey, will offer the unseen masterworks of Turkish Modern Art ever to have appeared on the market. One of the masterpiece highlight of the sale is Erol Akyavas’s “I’m the Truth” a monumental canvas dated 1987. (190x360 cm.) The work has a starting price of 600,000 EURO and is expected to have an auction record for a modern work of Turkish art... Olgac Artam, the CEO and the auctioneer, said “the sale is giving buyers an opportunity to own museum quality masterpieces. The top lot Erol Akyavaş’s masterpiece is an extraordinary painting which has never been in the market before. Not only being a monumental canvas’ from the artist’s most prominent period, the painting is also known as the top mature work of the artist” It is considered by the art critics as the masterpiece of Modern Turkish Art. Haldun Dostoglu, the owner of the most prestigious Turkish art gallery says “This painting is the number one, top quality work of Akyavas, a masterpiece in every sense.”
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