at auction "Art of impressionism and modernism," the auction house Sotheby `s set a new record price - the sculpture" Walking man I "Alberto Giacometti went for $ 104.3 million, becoming the most expensive artwork ever sold at public bid. For the first time it has become a sculpture, and after the war and sold in London.
So far, the most expensive work of Alberto Giacometti - the sculptor, at the peak of his career vayavshego as thin as a match, the figures - was "Big woman stood II", which was sold in 2008 at Christie `s over $ 27.5 million so that estimeyt in the $ 19-28 million, which put "walked a man I" specialists of Sotheby `s, have already claimed the record. But while Sotheby `s and say now that" this amount reflected the extraordinary importance of this magnificent work, and the fact that it is the only lifetime cast of a cult story, "the hammer price exceeding $ 100 million, of course, was not expecting anyone.
"Walking man I" was created by Alberto Giacometti for the urban area, this explains the unusual size for a sculptor casting - as a man. In 1956, Giacometti, along with Alexander Calder and Isamu Noguchi were invited to create something avant-garde for the Chase Manhattan Plaza in New York. The ambitious project was not implemented, however, Alberto Giacometti in 1961 yet made the two casts, one of which was shown in 1962 at the Biennale in Venice. Second, in 1980 came to a collection of contemporary art of the German bank Dresdner Bank: before she graced the bank"s head office in Frankfurt, and last year walked away with his other assets and art collection to C1000ommerzbank AG, who set her up for sale.
first time the most expensive piece of art has become a sculpture, and created in the second half of XX century. And the first record put in London - all the previous "most expensive" sold in New York. Thanks Giacometti past auction Sotheby `s has become the most lucrative auction in London, gathering a total of $ 235.6 million
However, it should be noted that the previous record belonged to the canvas by Pablo Picasso"s "Boy with a Pipe, which was sold in 2004 for $ 104.1 million, surpassed only by a little. And the dollar has since fallen in price. And if the fluctuations, the record will not stand by Giacometti. Thus, according to analyst firm Skate `s, that translates into real nominal prices adjusted for exchange rates, the most expensive is" Portrait of Dr. Gachet, Vincent van Gogh: in 1990 it was sold for $ 82.5 million, but today its price - $ 125.5 million, followed by "Moulin de la Galette" by Auguste Renoir (1990, estimeyt - $ 78.1 million, went for $ 118.8 million), and thereafter a "Boy with a Pipe" by Picasso, whose price in terms of now stands at $ 106.3 million
However, none of the above listed works will not stand if the market will, for example, "Allegory of Painting" by Jan Vermeer. The possibility of restitution of the paintings from the Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna has been discussed for several months: the descendants of the owner of paintings, Jaromir Czernin, argue that at the end of 1930 he was forced to sell the picture of Hitler in fear for his wife, who was half Jewish. Experts estimate "Allegory of Painting" in the $ 210 million
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