World Record Sculpture

A sculpture by Romanian artist Constantin Brancusi has drawn the highest price ever paid for a sculpture at auction. Late Wednesday "Bird in Space" sold to an anonymous buyer for $27.45 million US at Christie's spring auction of Impressionist and modern art in New York. The marble-and-stone piece had been estimated to sell between $8 million and $12 million US. In addition to setting a new auction record for a Brancusi work, the sale also set a new record "for any sculpture ever sold at auction," Christie's said in a statement. The previous record was also held by a Brancusi work: "Danaide" sold for $18.1 million US in 2002. Created between 1922 and 1923, "Bird in Space" had been part of a private European collection since 1937. For the full story - click the title Irish Art