Giacometti sets world record price for art at auction
- February 03, 2010 18:15
A sculpture of a grimly determined walking man by 20th century Swiss artist Alberto Giacometti broke records by becoming the most expensive work of art ever sold at auction when it was bought for £65m. The price, achieved at Sotheby's in London, was five times more than its estimate of £12m-18m, and beat the record set by Picasso's Garçon à la Pipe in New York for $104,168,000 in 2004.
100x100_c.jpg "Paul Binnie (Scottish, b. 1967): A Hundred Shades of Ink of Edo: Hokusai's Waterfalls, woodblock print, 2006")
![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.")
