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An Alberto Giacometti sculpture is the most valuable modern work, and he has three more entries in the top ten. Four Constantin Brâncuși sculptures are featured on the list, [10] and Jeff Koons' work appears three times. Although Pablo Picasso only appears once he appears numerous times in the list of most expensive paintings.
L'Homme au doigt ([lɔm o dwa], "The Man with the Finger"; also called Pointing Man or Man Pointing) is a 1947 bronze sculpture by Alberto Giacometti, that became the most expensive sculpture ever when it sold for US$141.3 million on May 11, 2015. [1] Giacometti made six casts of the work plus one artist's proof.
According to record Giacometti has sold the two most expensive sculptures in history. In November 2000 a Giacometti bronze, Grande Femme Debout I, sold for $14.3 million. [37] Grande Femme Debout II was bought by the Gagosian Gallery for $27.4 million at Christie's auction in New York City on 6 May 2008. [38]
It’s not surprising to find a few cars on this list of the world’s most expensive things. In 2018, a 1962 red Ferrari GTO sold to an anonymous buyer at Sotheby’s auction in Monterey for $48. ...
The average American's net worth is $748,800. This figure is arguably not that bad, but it seems downright abysmal when you consider how much some ultra-rich people have paid for material items at...
It was easily surpassed when an anonymous bidder paid $53,282,500 for the sculpture, one of the highest prices ever achieved. [1] [2] Just three months earlier Giacometti's L'Homme qui marche I had been auctioned by Sotheby's for $104.3 million, by far the highest sale price for a sculpture and at the time the most valuable work of art.
' The Man who Walks I ') is the name of any one of the cast bronze sculptures that comprise six numbered editions plus four artist proofs created by Swiss sculptor Alberto Giacometti in 1961. [1] [2] On 3 February 2010, the second edition of the cast of the sculpture became one of the most expensive works of art ever sold at auction, for $104.3 ...
In May 2015, he sold Giacometti's 1947 sculpture L'homme au doigt for $126.1 million, setting a world record for the most expensive sculpture ever sold. [15] Though Solow derived significant tax benefit from the collection's 501(c)3 non-profit status, he provided no public access. In 2018, Solow arranged for his son to lead the Solow Art and ...