'Him', the controversial 2001
sculpture of a kneeling Adolf Hitler by Italian artist Maurizio
Cattelan, sold at auction for a record 17.1 million dollars on
Sunday.
The 1985 sculpture 'One Ball Total Equilibrium Tank' by
Jeff Koons depicting a basketball suspended inside a vitrine of
distilled water also sold at the Christie's auction for just
under 15.3 million dollars.
In total the specially curated sale titled 'Bound to Fail'
raked in over 78 million dollars with 39 artworks sold.
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