Hitler sold at Christie's for $17 million
ARTinvestment.RU   10 мая 2016

The scandalous work "Him" Maurizio of Castellana entered the top-20 world of sculptures and set a new record price for the artist

Painter and sculptor Maurizio Cattelan, who five years ago promised to finish with art, has suddenly returned. So much so that recently only and conversations that about him. A week ago in article about the donkey, subdued visitors Frieze, we are reminded that the record price Cattelan was $7 million.

this info is Now obsolete hard. New record — $189 000 17. This result raises the work of Cattelan of the twenty most expensive sculpture, and also in the top the most expensive living artists.

8 may 2016 at the auction "Doomed to failure" in Rockefeller Plaza in a serious fight, with the excess of the estimate, was bought by the scandalous sculpture of Hitler. The Western audience the sculpture "Him" is well known. Her brothers in the series, exhibited more than 10 times in the world's leading museums, including the Centre Pompidou and the Museum of Solomon Guggenheim. A list of publications about this work is difficult to fit on the page.

I Wonder what "Him" — is drawing work. There are only four instances of — plus three artist's proof. Just last and was sold at Christie's. As you can see, the buyer "aunicornist" did not bother — modern collectors have long take things seriously draw.

Thing strange. The strange name. The character selection — risky. Like all Cattelan. What do you mean Him? "His" or "His infernal majesty"? It is clear that it definitely is not about the glorification of the image of the Fuhrer. In this work, Hitler appears as a rather helpless, pitiable state. And absurd — is the incarnation of Satan is made the size of a child, dressed like a student and is on his knees with a humble expression on his face. For Cattelan this image — invitation to reflect about the nature of absolute evil and the way of deliverance from fear. In may 2017 this sculpture will participate in the exhibition "Loss" (75 years of the Babi Yar tragedy) of the PinchukArtCentre in the Ukrainian.

Vladimir Bogdanov, AI

Sources: christies.com; christies.com

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