Sculpture: top-15 high-profile sales

ARTinvestment.RU – 16.12.2008,06:59

Damien HURST For the love of God. 2007

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Lioness Guennola. Approx. 3000-2800 BC. e.

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Pablo Picasso The head of women. 1941

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Artemida with lanyu. I century BC. e. - I n century. e.

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Alberto Giacometti Most standing woman I. 1959-1960. Source: christies.com





Constantin Brancusi Bird in Space. 1922-1923. Source: theartwolf.com





Jeff Koons A flower from a balloon (Purple). 1995-2000. Source: artinvestment.ru





DAVID SMITH Cubi XXVIII. 1965

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Jeff Koons Suspended heart. 1994-2006

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Damien HURST Sleeping spring. 2002

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Pablo Picasso Crane. 1951-1952

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Auguste Rodin Eva, a large model. Approx. 1885

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Damien HURST Golden calf. 2008

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Alberto Giacometti Three-reaching rights I. 1948. Source: artnet.com





Alberto Giacometti The falling man. 1947. Source: artnet.com

It is generally accepted that the biggest deal in the art market is in selling the paintings. Typically, the way it is, but every rule has exceptions. Three-dimensional works, including sculpture and installation, is also confident strike price records. The following list does not pretend to strict status rating: it does not matter the age nor work, nor the material from which it was made, nor the place of sale (auction or gallery), the main thing - all these transactions did not go unnoticed art market. And of course, the amounts are impressive!

1. Damien Hurst. For the love of the Lord . 2006. 17,1 x 12,7 x 19,1 cm Price $ 100 million . Private sale. August 2007

Who does not know the most famous creature Demiena Hurst (Damien Hirst) - platinum skull, inlaid with diamonds? In spring 2007, Hurst decided to make it the most expensive piece of living artists and put on sale in the White Cube gallery to price 50 million pounds (100 million dollars). But suddenly нежданно-негаданно nagryanul mortgage crisis in the United States, and potential buyers have decided to hold their millions with them. Skull eventually bought a group of investors, which included himself Hurst and his manager Frank Danfi (Frank Dunphy) . They decided that the if for eight years, no one expresses a desire to acquire the privately, he would under the hammer . Meanwhile, the skull pleases visitors Amsterdam Rijksmuseum .

2. Unknown author. Lioness Guennola . Approx. 3000-2800 BC. e.Vysota 8.26 cm Estimeyt: 14-18 million dollars. Price 57 161 000 USD. Sotheby's. New York. 5 December, 2007

This tiny sculpture, the whole height of just over eight (!) inches, was set up about 5 thousand years ago in ancient Mesopotamia. Figures found in Iraq near Baghdad. It is hard to believe, but it is rovesnitsey wheels, money and the world's first large cities! Malyshka lioness had nearly 60 years in the collections Alastera Bradley Martin (Alastair Bradley Martin), while in 2007 it was decided to put up for auction. At Sotheby's sculpture exceeded estimeyt three times and became the most expensive piece of ancient art in history.

3. Pablo Picasso. Head of Woman (Dora MAARIV) . 1941. Height 80 cm Estimeyt 20-30 million dollars. Price 29 161 000 dollars . Sotheby's, New York. 7 November, 2007

It is impossible to imagine a list of «the most-most» in the art market without a well-known Spaniard Pablo Picasso (Pablo Picasso). He, in particular, ranked first in the ranking of Top-10 world artists ARTinvestment.RU . Sculpture MAARIV beloved artist Dora (Dora Maar) with fat schechkami was cast in two copies. In the record for the art market in 2007 work was the most expensive sculpture in the world, but it is the proud title of it was short: less than a month «Doru MAARIV» skinula with pedestal «lioness Guennola».

4. Unknown author. Artemida with lanyu . I century BC. e. - I century Mr. e. Height 92.1 cm Estimeyt 5-7 million dollars. Price 28 600 000 dollars . Sotheby's. New York. On June 7, 2007

This beautiful sculpture surprisingly well preserved. At Sotheby's auction for it later, a real «bidding war»: first of two potential buyers «vydohlis» at around 12 million dollars, then in the game including the third, and the price of the sculpture for ten minutes, rose to 28 million, exceeding the upper estimeyt four times. So «Artemida with lanyu» has become the most expensive piece of ancient art.

5. Alberto Giacometti. Large woman standing II . 1959-1960. Height 274 cm Estimeyt not publicly reported. Price 27 481 000 dollars. Christie's. New York. May 6, 2008

the great existentialist works of Alberto Giacometti (Alberto Giacometti) enjoyed great success at auctions. This bronze female figure, with a thin as twigs, hands and feet, in the picture looks very fragile, but actually it is a real giantess: its growth is nearly three meters !..

These sculptures have been molded, four, and the «Large woman standing II» is the highest among them. The works were commissioned by the New York Chase Manhattan Bank, and had to decorate the area with its main office. In addition to women's figures, Giacometti created a sculpture of men and sculpted heads - on the area was planned to place a band. But in the end the artist has decided not to give the bank their creations. While visiting New York, Giacometti realized that instead of several figures in the area a better place one, but great. He and his brother, Diego began to work on a 7-meter-high bronze statue of a woman, but to complete the deal before the end they still could not: at the end of 1965, the artist is seriously ill and died after some time. A sculpture, which was intended for the bank, so far «walking around the world» and to change the pump owners. By the way, «big woman standing II» buy none other than the famous dealer Larry Gagosyan (Larry Gagosian).

6. Constantin Brancusi. Bird in Space . 1922-1923. Height 121.9 cm Estimeyt 8-12 million dollars. Price 27 456 000 dollars. Christie's. New York. 4 May, 2005

Constantin Brancusi (Constantin Brâncuşi, sometimes it is called in the French manner Brancusi, Brankusi) is among the most outstanding sculptors of the twentieth century. «Bird-in-space» - one of the most characteristic works of the author. In 2005, this sculpture was the most expensive, pobiv previous record, which is also owned by Brancusi (his work «Danaida» was sold in 2002 for 18.1 million dollars).

«Bird in Space» appeared on the art market rather unexpectedly, it can be said as a feature of snuffboxes. When the sale of works of Impressionist and Modern Christie's had already been prepared, expert to the auction house Seidou Thomas (Thomas Seydoux) asked the customer, who wishes to stand for the sale of an unknown Brancusi sculpture. According to the seller, the work was discovered in the attic of the mansion house is somewhere in northern Europe. Of course, specialists began to question: Is this forgery, because there is no researcher creativity Brancusi slyhom not slyhival about this product. Sculpture sent to the authority of the Chief Brankushi Friedrich Tieya Bahu (Friedrich Teja Bach), who found that the ancestors of the owner bought it from Alexander Stoppelera (Alexandre Stoppelaere), wife of a secular lioness, the patron of avant-garde artists Leoni Rick (Léonie Ricou).

How do we know the masterpieces found in the attics, enjoyed great success at the auction: newly painting by Giovanni Battista Tiepolo (Giovanni Battista Tiepolo), found in the attic of a French Chateau, brought to Christie's for more than four million dollars .

7 . Jeff Koons. A flower from a balloon (Purple) . 1995-2000. 40 x 285 x 260 cm Price 25 783 062 dollars. Christie's. London. Jun 30, 2008

«A flower from a balloon (Purple)» sculpture is the most expensive living artist ever sold at auction. He also ranks second in the list of most expensive living artists . This huge sculpture made of stainless steel is well-known series of Celebration ( «Celebration»), which includes all the most famous works of the artist: «inflatable dog», «Tulips», «Suspended heart» and so on.

What is an adult man suddenly wishes to create huge copies of children's toys? Everything is simple: in the early 1990's Koons endured a painful divorce with his wife, who took his small son, Ludwig. And the artist began to create sculptures of toys, to show his son that he thinks about it.

8 . David Smith. Cubi XXVIII . 1965. 114,3 x 274,3 x 279,4 cm Estimeyt 8-12 million dollars. Price 23 816 000 U.S. . Sotheby's. New York. 9 November 2005

Want to learn how to look like a sculpture of an abstract expressionism? Look at the work of David Smith (David Smith). This American artist fame impressive sculptures made of steel, the most famous of which resemble abstract landscapes. However, in the end of his life, Smith has departed from the expressionism and began to create sculptures of geometric figures, which are called the Cubi.

piece of Cubi XXVIII was the latest in the series, shortly after its inception, the artist died in a car. Sculpture has long been New York's Guggenheim Museum, has not decided to put up for auction. 9 November 2005 at New York's Sotheby's Cubi XXVIII was the most expensive piece of post-war artist. I bought her all the same Larry Gagosyan, but not for its art galleries, and on behalf of a collector Eli Brody (Eli Broad).

9. Jeff Koons. Suspended heart. 1994-2006. 101,6 x 296.2 x 215.9 cm Estimeyt 15-20 million dollars. Price 23 561 000 dollars . Sotheby's. New York. November 14, 2007

And here is another work of Koons in a series of «Triumph». Last November, she ranked first in the list of the most expensive works of living artists, and stayed there six months, until its not there skinul «Sleep Inspector benefits» Lusiena Freud (Lucian Freud). «Suspended heart» Larry bought Gagosyan, but again, not for ourselves, but for some megakollektsionera. Interestingly, the seller of the work of Adam Lindemann (Adam Lindemann) bought it a year earlier (where you would think?) Gallery Gagosyana paying for it «just» 4 million - the price of the sculpture for the year grew by 19 million dollars! Now «Suspended heart» can be seen ... Koons Versailles in France .

10. Damien Hurst. Sleeping spring. 2002. 10,2 x 182,9 x 274 cm Estimeyt 6-8 million dollars. Price 19 213 272 dollars . Sotheby's. London. June 21, 2007

Before the hands-free sale «suspended heart» the first place in the list of most expensive living artists took «Sleeping Spring» Demiena Hirst. In our list of three-dimensional vozmutiteley calm is one of two installations - thin transparent cabinet, which is more than six thousand colored tablets. Work bought Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani, Emir of Qatar. Medicine, as well as the skull, has a special place in the works of Hirst. Recently, the artist executed in a «corporate style» web site and the cover disks of their friends - a group of The Hours. In addition, he served as art director of their new video in which famous actress Siene Miller (Sienna Miller) depicts patient psychiatric hospital.

11 . Pablo Picasso. Crane. 1951-1952. Height 72.4 cm Estimeyt 10-15 million dollars. Price 19 193 000 USD. Sotheby's. New York. 7 May, 2008

Picasso, like many artists of the XX century, often creating sculptures from utilitarian objects. Then he did with the resulting «Assemblage» plaster molds and pour the resulting figures in bronze. «Crane» artist created from shovels, bars, forks, crane, nuts, and the probe.

12. Auguste Rodin. Eva, a large model . Approx. 1885. Height 173 cm Estimeyt 9-12 million dollars. Price 18 969 000 dollars. Christie's. New York. May 6, 2008

6 May this year, was beaten a record price not just for the works of Giacometti, but also for the creativity the predecessor throughout modernist sculpture Auguste Rodin (Auguste Rodin). His «Eve, a large model with pedestal» was sold at Christie's auction for 18.9 million dollars. «Eva» - of a monumental sculptural group «Gates of Hell», which includes nearly two hundred figures. Originally, it was assumed that «the gates of hell» adorn the main entrance Museum of Decorative Arts in Paris, but those plans did not come true: a museum was never built. Many works, including the famous sculpture «philosopher», were intended as sketches for the sculptural figures of this group.

13 . Damien Hurst. Golden Taurus . 2008. 215.4 x 320 x 137.2 cm Estimeyt 8-12 million pounds. Price 18 661 796 dollars . Sotheby's. London. September 15, 2008

Third Hirst work on the list. Installation «Golden Taurus» - the most impressive of the more than two hundred works, which were exhibited at the personal bidding artist «In my head I'll be fine forever» (Beautiful Inside My Head Forever). Gala auction, which was sold «goby», held on 15 September . «Golden Taurus» is a stuffed bull, placed in formaldehyde. Horn of the animal decorates the gold disc. Put stuffed animals in formaldehyde, and give them the solemn, sometimes taken from the Bible, the title - one more know-how Hirst. It is for similar work in 1995 he received the prestigious Turner Prize.

14 . Alberto Giacometti. Three-reaching rights I. 1948. Height 72 cm Estimeyt 8-12 million dollars. Price 18 585 730 dollars . Sotheby's. London. Jun 25, 2008

coming man - one of the main motives in the works of Giacometti. The figures, which he represents by moving in different directions - that residents of large cities, which are loaded walk in and do not notice each other. Interestingly, Giacometti painted women in static poses, but only for men in motion. The sculpture was cast in the number of six copies, at bidding works of Impressionist and Modern Sotheby's 25 June 2005 has been sold to a copy No. 2. A few months later a copy of Issue 4 appeared at auction Christie's , but his record «brother twin-»it is not broke: the result of the sale amounted to 11,5 million dollars.

15 . Alberto Giacometti. The falling man . 1947. Height 58.8 cm Estimeyt 6,5-8,5 million dollars. Price 18 520 000 dollars . Christie's. New York. 9 May 2007

to record the sale of sculptures «Large woman standing II» laurels the most expensive works of Giacometti belonged «incident man». For this work fought several buyers, as a result of the upper estimeyt was exceeded twice. «The falling man» - one of the most famous «dematerialized» sculpture artist. During the war, Giacometti created the tiny pieces that are easy to fit in match boxes, and later he decided to enlarge them ... leaving them with a thin, as nitochki. So the artist has developed his style, to which all of his most famous and most expensive pieces.

Material prepared Onuchin Ekaterina Maximova and Julia

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