Art Market
In 2010, one of Fischer's waxworks, Untitled (Candle) (2001) sold at Sotheby's for $1 million; it is one out of an edition of four identical pieces. One his Untitled (Lamp/Bear) (2005-2006) sculptures fetched $6.8 million at Christie's New York in 2011.
Fischer is represented by Sadie Coles HQ, London; Gavin Brown's enterprise, New York; The Modern Institute, Glasgow; Galerie Eva Presenhuber, Zurich; and Gagosian Gallery.
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