This little blue boat will be auctioned off on July 29th at Hôtel Hermitage in Monte-Carlo by the Parisian Artcurial. RAL5105 is estimated to fetch 180 000 – 220 000 Euros.
The “monochrome nautical sculpture†is the latest masterpiece of Parisian multidisciplinary artist Xavier Veilhan (born in 1963). John Dodelande invited Veilhan to think about creating a boat, and after accepting, Veilhan worked with the 80-year-old Frauscher shipyard of Gmuden, Austria, to make it a reality.
As the 6.9 meter, eight-person blue beauty is equipped with a MerCruiser 220 HP motor, the owner will most likely want to actually sail this boat, not just look at it…
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