Diego Giacometti's Promenade des Amis Console (1976), which had a $2.5m to $3.5m estimate, was due to be sold at Sotheby's New York but has been withdrawn. Patinated bronze, glass, 90.8 x 91.8 x 40.6cm. The work has been traded once in the past.
The sale featuring modern figures like Kim Whan-ki and Yoo Young-kuk alongside contemporary pieces by Do Ho Suh and Nam June Paik is projected to achieve 10.4 billion won ($6.9m)
Whistler’s Mother is the headline act, but it is Whistler’s niece that steals the show in Tate Britain's exhibition about the brilliant but belligerant American expat artist.
The sale set a new auction record for Jackson Pollock.
Rene Magritte, Le mois des vendanges (1959), sold for $2.15m, more than seven times the low estimate at Christie's in New York on May 19.
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