{"id":18498,"date":"2021-03-02T15:35:54","date_gmt":"2021-03-02T15:35:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/migrate1.artrights.me\/che-fine-ha-fatto-america-di-maurizio-cattelan\/"},"modified":"2021-04-21T15:59:21","modified_gmt":"2021-04-21T15:59:21","slug":"what-happened-to-america-by-maurizio-cattelan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/artrights.me\/en\/what-happened-to-america-by-maurizio-cattelan\/","title":{"rendered":"What happened to “America” by Maurizio Cattelan?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

What happened to “America” by Maurizio Cattelan?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

After more than a year since the famous theft, Maurizio Cattelan’s golden toilet has not yet been found. Where will it be finished? Let’s discover together some possible scenarios.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

It is entitled “America” the famous gold toilet by Maurizio Cattelan <\/strong>that was stolen in 2019 in Great Britain during an exhibition at Blenheim Palace<\/strong>, the famous residence in Oxfordshire where Winston Churchill was born.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The 18-karat solid gold-covered toilet <\/strong>is one of the Italian artist’s best-known and most controversial works, which, before being part of the major retrospective dedicated to Maurizio Cattelan in the UK, was housed at the Guggenheim <\/strong>in New York <\/strong>in one of the building’s unisex bathrooms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

More than a year after the theft, there is still no news about the presumed discovery of the work.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

In spite of its great value (about <\/strong>5 million pounds<\/strong>)<\/strong>, Edward Spencer-Churchill, founder of the Blenheim Art Foundation, had declared before the famous theft that he had no worries about the safety of the work. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thieves, however, did not miss the opportunity to carry out the famous theft, but, after almost two years, investigations are still ongoing.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

What end could “America” have come to? Let’s look at some possible scenarios.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Destruction and resale <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The most likely scenario is that the work was dismembered and destroyed, melted down and resold no longer as a work of art but simply as gold.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Deposit<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

In this case the sculpture would have simply been deposited somewhere, but still in possession of the criminality.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Black Market Resale<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Not being able to resell the work in the traditional art circuits, the black market represents the last frontier of the art thief. However, it is a risky operation because, not having the necessary documentation that legitimizes the authenticity and the provenance, it could be considered a fake and therefore ignored or resold at a lower price than the real one.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In fact, what thieves miss is that a collector is willing to buy a work of art only and exclusively if he has the guarantee of its authenticity and provenance, proven by all the documents <\/strong>that usually accompany the work of art in the act of sale, i.e. the Certificates of Authenticity <\/strong><\/a>and <\/strong>Provenance. <\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Among the technological solutions available to support the certification of works of art for professionals, we find Art Rights<\/strong>, the first platform to support the management and certification of works of art to protect Artists, Collectors, Galleries and operators in the sector in favor of authenticity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to you instead, what happened to the work “America” by Maurizio Cattelan?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Photo Credits: Blenheim Palace<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n

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