It's always interesting to take a look at the pieces of art that sell for record high prices at auction. Below is a list of the top selling sculptures ever sold. What's most interesting to me is that most of the sculptures have a primitive feel to them :
Alberto Giacometti's L'Homme qui marche I 104.3 million in 2010
Guennol Lioness $57.2 million in 2007
Alberto Giacometti's Grande Tete Mince $53.3 million in 2010
Amedeo Modigliani's Tete $52.6 million in 2010
Nu de dos, 4 etat by Henri Matisse $48.8 million in 2010
Constantin Brâncuși's Madame LR $37.6 million in 2009
Pablo Picasso's Tete de femme (Dora Maar) $29.1 million 2007
Artemis and the Stag (Artist Unknown) 1920s $28.6 million 2007
Alberto Giacometti's L'Homme qui marche I 104.3 million in 2010
Guennol Lioness $57.2 million in 2007
Alberto Giacometti's Grande Tete Mince $53.3 million in 2010
Amedeo Modigliani's Tete $52.6 million in 2010
Nu de dos, 4 etat by Henri Matisse $48.8 million in 2010
Constantin Brâncuși's Madame LR $37.6 million in 2009
Pablo Picasso's Tete de femme (Dora Maar) $29.1 million 2007
Artemis and the Stag (Artist Unknown) 1920s $28.6 million 2007
Constantin Brâncuși's Bird in Space $27.5 million 2005
Grande Femme Debout II by Alberto Giacometti $27.4 million in 2008
For the Love of God $100 million 2007 ??
"For the love of God" by Damien Hirst, made with 8,601 perfectly cut diamonds, allegedly sold for $100 million in 2007. However, the sale has not been officially confirmed. Some have suggested that the sculpture was not actually sold. Some say that the claims of it selling were a publicity stunt to generate interest in the artist and his work. If the sale is confirmed, it would become the highest price ever paid for a piece of art by a living artist.
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