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Page Six Fingers the Giacometti’s Seller

November 4, 2014 by Marion Maneker

Giacometti, ChariotRichard Johnson identifies the consignor of tonight’s Giacometti Chariot as Aleko Goulandris:

Goulandris bought the 1950 bronze of a goddess between two large wheels in 1972 for $375,000. That sum doesn’t sound like much, but Upper East Side townhouses were going for less in those days, too. […]

Goulandris — who spends winters in Gstaad, Switzerland, and summers in Porto Heli, Greece — told friends $100 million will be “too little” for all the decades he has held the sculpture.

The Goulandris family seems to share an astute eye for art. A niece of the late Basil Goulandris is suing over the disappearance of 83 paintings she claims were part of her inheritance — including works by Picasso, van Gogh, Renoir and Monet.

The family still has plenty of other paintings, however. Work has already begun in Athens on a Goulandris Museum.

Mystery art owner revealed as Aleko Goulandris  (Page Six)

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