Is this the most photogenic potato in the world? The photograph of a potato on a black background entitled Potato #345 by the Irish photographer Kevin Abosch was sold to an unknown businessman from Europe for one million euros!
A million dollars for a photo of a potato? It was just as much for the picture with the title Potato #345 willing to deduct a European businessman. It is one of the highest achieved values of photography in history. It is on the eternal scale in 15th place. Photo Irish potatoes on a black background is the work of the renowned 46-year-old Irish photographer Kevin Abosch. It is the highest amount he has earned for his work. Otherwise, there are three versions of the mentioned size photo 162 x 162 centimeters. One remains in private ownership, the other is in a Serbian museum, which he received as a donation, and the third, as mentioned, was sold for one million euros.
Abosch is otherwise the "inventor" of the now cult portraits of celebrities on a black background (his portrait subjects included Yoko Ono, Aung San Suun Kyi, Gabriel Byrne, Bob Geldof, Johnny Depp and Malala Yousafzai), for which he charges up to half a million dollars. He also deals with art photography, where the said potato belongs.
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Photo of potatoes Potato #345 it was not sold at auction, but by chance. An unknown businessman from Europe he fell in love with her when he spotted her on the wall during dinner at Abosch's Parisian home. ”We drank two glasses of wine, after which he told me that he liked the photo. After two more he said he wanted to have her," he did making a bargain escorted by Abosch. Would you be willing to shell out a million euros for it if money were no obstacle?
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