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Feb. 8th, 2010 12:56 amAmerican Castles
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Exhibition Review | 'Rubbers: The Life, History & Struggle of the Condom'
At London Sale, a Giacometti Sets a Record
One of Alberto Giacometti’s best-loved bronzes, “Walking Man I,” has broken the world record price for a work of art at auction, selling to an unidentified telephone bidder for $92.5 million, or $104.3 million with fees, at Sotheby’s in London on Wednesday night. The previous record was $104.1 million, paid for a 1905 Picasso, “Boy With a Pipe (The Young Apprentice),” at Sotheby’s in New York in 2004.
Unrolled, Unbridled and Unabashed
Exhibition Review | 'Rubbers: The Life, History & Struggle of the Condom'
At London Sale, a Giacometti Sets a Record
One of Alberto Giacometti’s best-loved bronzes, “Walking Man I,” has broken the world record price for a work of art at auction, selling to an unidentified telephone bidder for $92.5 million, or $104.3 million with fees, at Sotheby’s in London on Wednesday night. The previous record was $104.1 million, paid for a 1905 Picasso, “Boy With a Pipe (The Young Apprentice),” at Sotheby’s in New York in 2004.
