POST-WAR &
CONTEMPORARY
An auction record was achieved by the Graubünden- born artist Not Vital (b. 1948). His stainless-steel sculpture ‘Head No. 1’, created in 2013 and existing in only three examples, sold for CHF 112 000 – the highest auction price ever achieved for the artist, whose works rarely appear at auction.
‘Auction successes –
from Botero
to Not Vital’
FERNANDO
BOTERO
Monalisa. 1959.
Mixed media on brown paper laid down
on panel, 144 × 122 cm.
Sold for CHF 570 000
to a collection in Monaco
With his large-scale drawing from 1959, Fernando Botero offers a highly personal interpretation of Leonardo’s ‘Mona Lisa’. He depicts the Gioconda as a child, with exaggerated proportions and an enigmatic smile. Even at this early stage, the characteristics that would later define Botero’s unmistakable style are clearly present: monumental volumes, precise composition and subtle colouring. This rare early work, which sold for CHF 570 000, marks a key phase on the artist’s path towards his mature visual language.
BARRY FLANAGAN
News. 2006.
Bronze. 1/8. 105.5 × 33 × 29 cm.
© 2025, ProLitteris, Zurich
Sold for CHF 220 000
to western Switzerland
NOT VITAL
Head No.1. 2013.
Stainless steel with PVD coating,
3/3, height 150 cm.
Sold for CHF 112 000
in Switzerland
MIKULÁŠ MEDEK
Sensitivni manifestace IV. 1963. Oil
and enamel on canvas,
170.5 × 120 cm.
Sold for CHF 400 000
to Prague
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