{"id":9212,"date":"2026-03-09T12:01:17","date_gmt":"2026-03-09T12:01:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/?p=9212"},"modified":"2026-03-09T12:01:17","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T12:01:17","slug":"sculpture-by-romanias-constantin-brancusi-reportedly-estimated-at-record-usd-100-mln-by-christies-new-york","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/?p=9212","title":{"rendered":"Sculpture by Romania\u2019s Constantin Br\u00e2ncu\u0219i reportedly estimated at record USD 100 mln by Christie’s New York"},"content":{"rendered":"

A sculpture by Romanian legendary artist Constantin Br\u00e2ncu\u0219i, \u201cDanaida,\u201d has an estimated record sale price of USD 100 million at a May auction to be organized by Christie\u2019s New York,\u00a0according to artnet.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The sculpture, a 1913 bronze head with brown patina and gold leaf, comes from the collection of former media tycoon Samuel Irving Newhouse, who purchased it for USD 18.2 million at Christie\u2019s in 2002, a record for the sculptor at that time.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Christie\u2019s has sold the seven most expensive works by the Romanian modernist sculptor, the most valuable being \u201cLa jeune fille sophistiqu\u00e9e\u201d (Portrait of Nancy Cunard), which went for USD 71.2 million in 2018.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Alongside Br\u00e2ncu\u0219i\u2019s sculpture, the sales session reportedly includes 35 to 40 works from the same collection, such as paintings by Jackson Pollock, Pablo Picasso, and Jasper Johns, according to dealers. In total, the house has valued the artworks at USD 450 million.<\/p>\n

Since Newhouse died in 2017, at the age of 89, his estate has sold artworks both privately and at auction, with the help of Tobias Meyer, a former Sotheby\u2019s star auctioneer who was the collector\u2019s art advisor. Shortly after the billionaire\u2019s death, hedge fund manager Ken Griffin bought his Shot Orange Marilyn (1964) for about USD 200 million.<\/p>\n

To date, Christie\u2019s has sold more than USD 400 million worth of Newhouse\u2019s art. The priciest lot, Jeff Koons\u2018s Rabbit (1986), fetched USD 91 million in 2019, the highest price paid at auction for a living artist. The most recent group of 16 works totaled USD 178 million in 2023.<\/p>\n

radu@romania-insider.com<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

(Photo source: christies.com)<\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A sculpture by Romanian legendary artist Constantin Br\u00e2ncu\u0219i, \u201cDanaida,\u201d has an estimated record sale price of USD 100 million at a May auction to be organized by Christie\u2019s New York,\u00a0according to artnet.com. The sculpture, a 1913 bronze head with brown patina and gold leaf, comes from the collection of former media tycoon Samuel Irving Newhouse, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9212","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9212","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=9212"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9212\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9212"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=9212"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=9212"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}