1Alberto Giacometti ‘L’Homme Au Doigt’ – Price: $141.3 million
Worth $141.3 million, ‘L’Homme Au Doigt’ is the most valuable sculpture in the world!
‘Pointing Man’ is a bronze sculpture made by Alberto Giacometti in 1947 which was sold for the whopping price of $141.3 million on May 11, 2015 at Christie’s ‘Looking Forward to the Past’ sale in New York.
Christie’s called the world’s costliest sculpture a ‘rare masterpiece‘ and ‘Giacometti’s most iconic and evocative sculpture‘.
The Swiss sculptor made 6 casts of the work plus 1 artist’ proof.
‘L’Homme Au Doigt’ is in the collections of New York’s Museum of Modern Art and London’s Tate Gallery. Two of the others are also in museums, while the rest are owned by private collectors.
This concludes our cover on the most expensive sculptures in the world!
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