Chimp paintings outsell Warhol
THREE paintings by a chimpanzee named Congo have been sold at auction in London to an American buyer for a total of £14,400 ($34,000), many times the estimated price.
Congo's works went under the hammer today in a sale that included works by French impressionist Pierre-Auguste Renoir, French cubist Fernand Leger and US pop artist Andy Warhol.
The Warhol paintings failed to sell.
Presale estimates had put their price at between £600 and £800 ($1400 and $1900).
The buyer, Howard Hong, said he was a great fan of modern and contemporary painting.
Nicknamed the Cezanne of the ape world, Congo turned out more than 400 paintings and drawings under the encouragement of anthropologist Desmond Morris.
Read the complete article at News.com.au
Congo's works went under the hammer today in a sale that included works by French impressionist Pierre-Auguste Renoir, French cubist Fernand Leger and US pop artist Andy Warhol.
The Warhol paintings failed to sell.
Presale estimates had put their price at between £600 and £800 ($1400 and $1900).
The buyer, Howard Hong, said he was a great fan of modern and contemporary painting.
Nicknamed the Cezanne of the ape world, Congo turned out more than 400 paintings and drawings under the encouragement of anthropologist Desmond Morris.
Read the complete article at News.com.au
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