
Certainly no crisis on the Art market. A sculpture by the famous Swiss art sculptor Alberto Giacometti (1901-1966) has hit a new record during auction for the highest price ever of 65 million pounds (74 million Euros).
“L’Homme qui marche I” is a life size bronze figure of a moving man and faces a great recognition value for Giacometti.
According to Sotheby’s it has just beaten Picasso’s record of his work “Boy with a pipe” that has been sold 2004 for about 104 million dollar, which was just under Giacometti’s.
Sotheby’s is showing 49 works for auction on the 10th February in London from the famous Schönberg Sammlung. A great Amount of these works are from the 50ths artist’s movement ‘Zero’ in Düsseldorf, Germany. Among the works are names such as Fontana, Richter, Klein, Manzoni and much more.