ALBERTO GIACOMETTI’S: “L’HOMME QUI MARCHE I” SOLD AT AUCTION
ALBERTO GIACOMETTI’S: “L’HOMME QUI MARCHE I” SOLD AT AUCTION
February 4, 2010
A rare life-size bronze cast of Alberto Giacometti’s “L’Homme Qui Marche I,” better known as “Walking Man,” improbably became the most expensive piece of art ever to sell at auction today, selling for$104,327,006. Giacometti barely edged out the previous record set in 2004 by Pablo Picasso’s “Garçon à la Pipe,” 1905, which went for $104.1 [...]
I think this is amazing! The amount some are willing to spend on pieces of art fascinate me, but art collecting is an industry within itself.
Keep the art stories coming guys!
S.
thats crazy!!!!
WOAH!
yah, what james said…