L'Homme au doigt
Sculpture by Alberto Giacometti From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
L'Homme au doigt ([lɔm o dwa], "The Man with the Finger"; also called Pointing Man or Man Pointing) is a 1947 bronze sculpture by Alberto Giacometti, that became the most expensive sculpture ever when it sold for US$141.3 million on May 11, 2015. [1] It was later revealed to be owned by New York Mets owner and billionaire hedge fund manager Steve Cohen.
| L'Homme au doigt | |
|---|---|
| English: Man Pointing or Pointing Man | |
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| Artist | Alberto Giacometti |
| Year | 1947 |
| Type | Bronze |
| Dimensions | 180 cm (70 in) |
Giacometti made six casts of the work plus one artist's proof. Pointing Man is in the collections of New York's Museum of Modern Art,[2] London's Tate museums,[3] the Des Moines Art Center,[4] and Glenstone.[5] One of the others is also in a museum, and the rest are in foundation collections or owned privately.[6]
L’homme au doigt sold for $126 million, or $141.3 million with fees, in Christie's 11 May 2015 Looking Forward to the Past sale in New York, a record for a sculpture at auction. The work had been in Sheldon Solow's private collection for 45 years.[7] According to Giacometti, he created the sculpture in a time crunch for a show's deadline, describing it being made “in one night between midnight and nine the next morning”.[8]
Christie's called it a "rare masterpiece", and "Giacometti’s most iconic and evocative sculpture", and estimated that it would sell "in the region of $130 million".[6] Christie's also noted that the cast in their auction is believed to be the only one that Giacometti "painted by hand in order to heighten its expressive impact".[6]
Another Giacometti work, L'Homme qui marche I, had also been the most expensive sculpture ever sold at auction, when it sold for £65 million (US$104.3 million) at Sotheby's, London on 3 February 2010.[9][10]
Description
L'Homme au doigt is a bronze sculpture depicting a slender figure measuring nearly 6 feet (1.8 m) tall with its index finger extending. This is also called the pointing man.[8]
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