The artworks was expected to sell for 3.8 million euros, collectively.

A tribute will be held for him in Paris and he will be buried in his native village in Colombieres-sur-Orb.

The artist's career was also defined by his ambitious art projects that quickly disappeared soon after they were erected.

The Floating Piers, a temporary walkway, made from more than 2,00,000 interlocking cubes wrapped in yellow nylon.