Aleksandr Roytburd

Painter Aleksandr Roytburd (author of "Geishas" picture), left, at before auction exhibition of the modern art of Ukrainian art Sotheby’s, in Kyiv, Tuesday, May 19, 2009. Two-day exhibition of top-lots of the Ukrainian modern art from the collection of the first in auction’s history modern arts of Russia and Ukraine will take place on May 20-21 in Kyiv.18 works of art of the modern Ukrainian art, which will be at auction, will be at exposition. Galleries, private collectors and authors will put up for auction their works. Photo by Aleksandr Sinitsa/UNIAN