Life-size Giacometti goes on block
- January 10, 2010 20:02
Sotheby's will sell one of Swiss sculptor Alberto Giacometti's rare, life-sized bronzes on February 3. "L'Homme qui marche I" will mark the first time a Giacometti figure of a walking man of this size has come to auction in over 20 years. The estimated sale price is over 12 million pounds ($19 million). The record for a Giacometti bronze was set at $27.4 million in May 2008 for a life-sized sculpture of a woman entitled "Grande femme debout II." The 1961 bronze is from the collection of German banking firm Commerzbank AG, which acquired it when it took over Dresdner Bank in 2009.