Arcurial Auctions announced the sale of a work made of Rubik’s cubes, signed by Invader, for more than 468,000 euros, about 555,000 dollars.

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According to the house, Invader’s work entitled “Rubik’s Spice” was sold for 492,600 euros, a new world record for a work made of Rubik’s cubes for this artist, exceeding his previous record, which he achieved with “Rubik Mona Lisa” in February 2020, which amounted to 480,200 euros.

Since 2004, Invader’s work has taken a new turn with the emergence of the “Rubik” style, that is, the group of works made of Rubik’s cubes, which achieved great international fame, especially in the eighties of the twentieth century.

Invader completed the “Dalai Lama’s Rubik’s” painting in 2008, and the work consists of 225 Rubik’s cubes, and its estimated value ranged between 300,000 and 400,000 euros.

Invader has re-presented famous works of famous painters, including Edouard Manet and Gustave Courbet, in the form of Rubik’s cubes, and since 2005 several exhibitions of him have been held around the world.

On the other hand, a forgotten painting by French painter Jean-Honoré Fragonard was sold for 7.68 million euros, equivalent to 9.1 million dollars, at an auction by “Enchères Champagne” auction house, and Antoine Petit, the auction organizer in Epernay, northeastern France, was summoned to assess a family inheritance. In an apartment, in Epernay, he discovers “The Philosopher Reads” by the French painter Jean-Honoré Fragonard.

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Betty saw the painting, which measures 45.8 centimeters by 57 centimeters, on a wall covered with dust. Betty said, “I thought she was beautiful“, He added that after removing the painting from the wall for closer examination, he found the word “Fragonard” written on its back in black ink, according to CNN Arabic.

The owners, whose family had owned the painting for generations, were not included in any will and gave the artwork to Betty, who took the painting to be evaluated by “Cabinet Turquin”It is a company of painting experts, headquartered in Paris.

The philosopher’s painting reads

Betty pointed out that team in “Cabinet Turquin”, confirmed to be an original painting by the great Fragonader, Stefan Pinta, who is from “Cabinet Tuequin”: “Despite the accumulation of dust, and yellow paint on the canvas, the strength of his painting remains easy to distinguish“.

The oval-shaped oil painting shows a white-haired man leaning on a book, Petty said the painting dates back to the period between 1768 and 1770.

As mentioned by the company “Cabinet Tuequin” The painting has been in the same family for more than 200 years, and appears to have been elaborately handled and transmitted, adding that it is in “an outstanding state of preservation.”“.