Giacometti Sculpture Leads Sotheby's Record-Setting $422.1 Million Sale
- November 05, 2014 16:29
Sotheby's kicked off its fall season on Tuesday night with a $422.1 million auction of Impressionist and Modern Art, the biggest sale ever for the 270-year-old company.
The leading lot was Alberto Giacometti's famous Chariot sculpture of 1951-2 which brought $101 million. Amedeo Modigliani’s Tete also soared fetching $70.7 million, well above its $45 million estimate.
Giacometti's L’homme qui marche I, which sold for $104.3 million, is the world's record holder for sculpture.
Other notable sales included Monet's Alice Hoschedé au jardin from a Private American Collection that went for $33,765,000 sale of Alice Hoschedé au jardin. Vincent van Gogh’s Still Life, Vase with Daisies and Poppies brought $61,765,000. It was one of just a few works that van Gogh sold in his lifetime.
![Peter Paul Rubens (Flemish, 1577–1640), After Titian (Tiziano Vecelli) (Italian [Venetian], c. 1488–1576), Rape of Europa, 1628–29. Oil on canvas, 71 7/8 x 79 3/8 in.](/images/c/e2/2e/Jan20_Rape_of_Europa100x100_c.jpg "Peter Paul Rubens (Flemish, 1577–1640), After Titian (Tiziano Vecelli) (Italian [Venetian], c. 1488–1576), Rape of Europa, 1628–29. Oil on canvas, 71 7/8 x 79 3/8 in.")
