Picasso's Auction Record Falls To Giacometti

from National Public Radio

An Alberto Giacometti sculpture sold for $104.3 million at Sotheby's in London, making it the most expensive artwork ever sold at auction, according to the Wall Street Journal. An anonymous telephone bidder got the 1960 work, "Walking Man One." The previous record was set by a Picasso piece six years ago.

Broadcast Dates

• Morning Edition, February 4, 2010