The auction's highest selling item was a bronze horse by Fernado Botero, Horse, which he executed in 1999, that sold for $938,500. Ruffino Tamayo's Tres personajes en un interior, an oil and sand on canvas painted in 1970, was the second highest priced piece that sold at $698,500.
A work by Tomás Sánchez completed in 2005, Buscador de palasajes, an acrylic on canvas piece, established a new world record for the artist, as it sold at $626,500. Additionally, Sánchez’s Llegada del caminante a la laguna, an acrylic on canvas that he painted in 1999, sold at $602,500. Two artists, Botero and Sánchez, had two of their works on the top 10 highest priced lots sold at the Latin American Art Sale. |
Carol commented on November 30, 2012
Really loved seeing the images, beautiful. But captions would help identify the artists. thank you however. really would love to see more.
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