Sculpture by Maurizio Cattelan, much like a tombstone, was sold at Sotheby's auction in London for 425 thousand pounds. The work "untitled" 1999 dedicated to all the defeats of the English national football team since 1874 and ending in 1998. The names of the countries that participated in each of the matches, as well as the final account, as the epitaph, engraved on a slab of black granite size 220 × 300 × 60. The sculpture has gone within the estimate 400-600 thousand pounds. The buyer was a French collector, orders over the phone.  

the List begins with a match against Scotland, lost 1:2 in 1874, and ends the match with Romania in World Cup 1998 (the score 2:1 in favor of Romania). According to Maurizio Cattelan, "this work is about pride, lost opportunities, and death." Last year's performance of the English national team at the World Cup 2014 ended with the departure of the group after matches, lost Italy and Uruguay@

Artist of Italian origin Maurizio Cattelan is considered one of the most provocative contemporary authors. He is the author of the sculpture of Pope John Paul II struck down meteorita@

the Material was prepared by Maria Onuchin, AI

Источники: bbc.com, artnet.com, artinvestment.ru