The artist has mentioned America satirises extreme wealth.
“No matter you eat, a US$200 lunch or a US$2 scorching canine, the outcomes are the identical, toilet-wise,” he as soon as mentioned.
Two variations of America had been created in 2016. The one being offered has been owned by an unnamed collector since 2017.
The opposite model went on show in a toilet on the Guggenheim Museum in New York in 2016. Greater than 100,000 guests queued as much as – to place it delicately – work together with the work.
The Guggenheim had supplied the work to US President Donald Trump throughout his first time period in workplace after he had requested to borrow a Van Gogh portray.
In 2019, it went on present at Blenheim Palace, the English nation manor that was the birthplace of Winston Churchill. Inside days, it had been stolen by burglars who broke into the constructing, forcibly wrenched it from the plumbing, and fled.
Two males had been convicted earlier this yr and jailed. The bathroom has by no means been recovered. Investigators suppose it was probably damaged up and melted down.
