From:
Juliet Barrows <jab56@zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz>
Date:
Thu, 5 May 2005 17:34:41 +0100
Subject:
Bird in Space
A sculpture by Romanian Constantin Brancusi has broken the world
auction record for a sculpture by fetching $27,456,000 (£14,431,204).
Brancusi's Bird in Space, a marble piece depicting a bird soaring
into the sky, was sold by Christie's New York to an anonymous buyer
on Wednesday.
The previous record was for another work by Brancusi called Danaide,
which was sold for $18.1m in May 2002. The previously unrecorded
work had been in a private collection since 1937.
The abstract piece had been stored in a vault, remaining in the same
family. It was only authenticated days before the sales were
finalised.
The 121cm (47 inch) high marble-and-stone sculpture was created by
the Romanian artist in about 1923.
from: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/arts/4516303.stm has piicture
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