A sculpture by Italian artist Alberto Giacometti could break the record for the highest price ever paid for a sculpture at auction. The sculpture, "L'homme au doigt (Pointing Man)" is heading to auction May 11 at Christie's auction house in New York and expected to fetch an estimated $130 million.

The bronze sculpture stands 5 feet, 10 inches tall and features a pencil-thin figure with one arm pointing, another raised behind its head. The piece was cast in 1947. "L'homme au doigt," along with a cubist painting by Pablo Picasso, "Les femmes d'Alger (Version 'O')," are expected to make the May 11 auction one for the record books.

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