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Jeff Koons ‘Rabbit’ Sets Auction Record for Most Expensive Work by Living Artist
Robert E. Mnuchin, an art dealer and the father of Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, made the winning bid for Mr. Koons’s 1986 “Rabbit” from an aisle seat near the front of the salesroom. He was seated near Peter Brant, the collector and private museum-owner, and Jeffrey Deitch, the dealer.
It was the ultimate prize among six works offered at Christie’s from the collection of the magazine publisher S.I. Newhouse Jr., who died in 2017. Estimated to raise at least $50 million, this sculpture, made in an edition of three and one artist’s proof, was the last example left in private hands, according to Christie’s.
The price, surpassing the $90.2 million with fees achieved, again at Christie’s, for Mr. Hockney’s 1972 painting, “Portrait of an Artist (Pool With Two Figures),” confirmed how Mr. Koons’s metal sculptures have become the ultimate billionaire trophies produced during the contemporary art boom of the 1980s and ’90s. The Hockney milestone came at the expense of Mr. Koons, the previous record-holder, whose “Balloon Dog (Orange)” sold at auction for $58.4 million in November 2013.
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letsdothis3 ago
Just thought I'd throw this video from the Outer Light into the mix: 5 Things about the sale of Jeff Koons “Rabbit”
Something I noticed about the numbers. At about the 8 min. mark he shows the Wikipedia entry for Robert Mnuchin, who bought the 'art work' for some mysterious client. The price he paid for it was rounded to $91.1 M - That's 9/11. : https://imgur.com/a/xzCe9VK
A little later on he brings up the bio for Steven Mnuchin, who is the 77th US Sec. of the Treasury https://imgur.com/a/6uKEFo6 So, the double 7 has significant meanings for freemasons (See: Christine Lagarde's speech 2014 IMF speech) as well as being a significant date in the UK : 7 July 2005 London bombings
In the video Ed notes the coincidence that Steven is at this very point in time in negotiations with China https://imgur.com/a/4h2Gcam
Makes you wonder who Robert's client is, doesn't it?
Oh_Well_ian ago
nice catch
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Blacksmith21 ago
The 91.1M is interesting on it's own. Why the decimal point - the extra 100k? Seems to me if one is buying a piece of art for that amount, that extra 100k is irrelevant, so why add it on to the price tag? "$91M is a touch too low, how about $91.1M and it's a deal?"