''99 Cent II Diptychon'' is a two-part colour photograph made by
Andreas Gursky
Andreas Gursky (born 15 January 1955) is a German photographer and professor at the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf, Germany.
He is known for his Large format (photography), large format architecture and Landscape photography, landscape colour photogr ...
in 2001. It was based on an original photograph called ''
99 Cent'', from 1999, sometimes called "99 cent.1999".
The work depicts an interior of a supermarket with numerous aisles depicting goods. The work is digitally altered to reduce perspective. The photograph is a chromogenic color print or
c-print. It is a
diptych. There were 6 sets made and mounted on
acrylic glass.
The photographs have a size of .
Record sale prices
The work became famous as being the
most expensive photograph in the world when it was auctioned at Sotheby's on February 7, 2007, for a price of US$3.34 million. Another auction in New York in May 2006 fetched $2.25 million for a second print, and a third print sold for $2.48 million in November 2006 at a New York gallery.
The first $3M photograph
/ref> These would be the fourth and sixth-most costly photographs sold, as of 2011. On May 12, 2011, Cindy Sherman's '' Untitled #96'' from 1981 was sold for $3.89 million.
See also
* List of most expensive photographs
This is a list of the 30 highest prices paid for photographs (in United States dollar, US dollars unless otherwise stated). All prices include the buyer's premium, which is the auction house fee for handling the work.
List
Disputed claim
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References
*Beyst, Stefan.
Essays on contemporary artists - Andreas Gursky
. Retrieved on July 22, 2008
External links
Exhibitions - 2001 - Andreas Gursky on MoMA.org
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Color photographs
2001 works
2001 in art
1999 works
1999 in art
1990s photographs
2000s photographs
Photographs by Andreas Gursky