The world record for a work of art sold at auction was broken in early February 2010, when a sculpture by Alberto Giacometti sold for $104.3m (including commission and taxes) at Sotheby’s in London.

美术作品价格的世界纪录在2010年2月被打破了，阿尔伯特•贾柯梅蒂的一件雕塑在伦敦的索斯比卖了$104.3m（含佣金和税费）。

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A SCULPTURE by Alberto Giacometti, one of the 20th century's greatest artists, fetched a record price at Sotheby's, a London auction house, on Wednesday February 3rd.

在本月三日周三的苏富比伦敦拍卖会上，贾科•梅蒂的一尊雕塑拍卖价创下了历史记录新高。

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Although Alberto Giacometti is considered the premier sculptor of the Surrealist movement of the early 1930s, the Swiss artist is best known for the tall, thin figures he produced after World War II.

阿尔伯特·贾克梅蒂被认为是20世纪30年代早期超现实主义运动的主要雕塑大师，然而，这位瑞士艺术家最出名的还是二战以后创作的那些“细长”的人物作品。

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The gallery used the other walls of this antechamber to offer up paintings by Pablo Picasso, Alberto Giacometti and Claude Monet.

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