US EditionGustav Klimt Portrait that Spared Its Subject From Nazis Breaks Modern Art Record with $236M Sale
The 101-kilogram, 18-karat-gold toilet satirizes superwealth and starts bidding at $10 million, Sotheby's said.
- On Tuesday, Maurizio Cattelan's 18-karat gold toilet America will be auctioned at Sotheby's New York with a starting bid of about $10 million.
- Cattelan created the work to satirize superwealth, and Sotheby's frames the commode as an incisive commentary on the collision of artistic production and commodity value.
- While on loan it was stolen from Blenheim Palace, England, two convicted men were caught in the heist, and investigators say it was likely broken up and melted down.
- On display at Sotheby's in the weeks before the auction, America is owned by an unnamed private collector and is one of two toilets created in 2016.
- The Associated Press notes Maurizio Cattelan's past acts and remarks, like `Whatever you eat, a $200 lunch or a $2 hot dog, the results are the same, toilet-wise,`, explain the work's public resonance.
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Gold Toilet Called "America" Sold For $12.1 Million At An Auction
A Gustav Klimt portrait painting sold Tuesday for $236 million, a record for a modern art piece, at an auction where a solid gold, fully functional toilet satirizing the ultrarich also fetched $12.1 million.
New York, Nov 18 (EFE).- An 18-carat gold toilet by the controversial artist Maurizio Cattelan was sold this Tuesday for $12.1 million at an auction at Sotheby’s in New York, competing in prominence with figures like Basquiat. The sculpture, called ‘America’ and which is a functional toilet, was acquired by “a famous American brand”, as revealed by the house, and obtained a hammer price similar to the value of its material, about 10 million, to …
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UpstractFully functional 18-karat gold toilet sells for $12M at Sotheby’s auction
A solid gold toilet that was made by the same controversial artist who duct-taped a banana to a wall sold for a staggering $12.1 million at a Sotheby's auction on Tuesday.
If the soul weighs 21 grams... How much does art really cost? It’s one of those silly unanswered questions that was raised again at an auction house in New York this Tuesday. Continue reading
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BizTocThe artist behind the viral $6.2 million duct-taped banana also made a gold toilet — and it just sold for $12.1 million
Maurizio Cattelan, America, 2016.Sotheby'sAn 18-karat gold toilet sculpture called "America" sold at a Sotheby's auction for $12.1 million with fees.The toilet, made by Italian artist Maurizio Cattelan, is made of about 223 pounds of gold.Cattelan is known for viral artworks, like a duct-taped banana that sold for $6.2 million last year.Millions of dollars may not sound like too much to pay for a golden throne — but what about a flushable one?An…
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