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Rhine II was auctioned at Christie's for a price of $4,338,500.

Exhibition:
Opening: 8 Nov 2011

Rhine II was auctioned at Christie's for a price of $4,338,500.
ANDREAS GURSKY (B. 1955) Rhein II signed 'Andreas Gursky' (on a paper label affixed to the backing board) chromogenic color print face-mounted to Plexiglas image: 73 x 143 in. (185.4 x 363.5 cm.) overall: 81 x 151a x 2 in. (207 x 385.5 x 6.2 cm.) Executed in 1999. This work is number one from an edition of six. © ANDREAS GURSKY, COURTESY OF CHRISTIE'S

Gursky holds a new record for highest price paid at auction for a single photographic image. His print "Rhein II" sold for USD $4,338,500 at Christie's, New York on 8 November 2011.

ANDREAS GURSKY (B. 1955)
Rhein II
signed 'Andreas Gursky' (on a paper label affixed to the backing board)
chromogenic color print face-mounted to Plexiglas
image: 73 x 143 in. (185.4 x 363.5 cm.)
overall: 81 x 151a x 2 in. (207 x 385.5 x 6.2 cm.)
Executed in 1999. This work is number one from an edition of six.