contemporary art
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Andy Warhol’s First Self Portrait goes for $38 Million $38.4 million sale of the Andy Warhol’s first self-portrait, was the highlight of a Christie’s contemporary sale which totalled $301.7 million. Christie’s…
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Liz#5 – Andy Warhol’s Portrait of Elizabeth Taylor Liz#5, Andy Warhol’s portrait of actress Elizabeth Taylor, fetched $26,962,500 on the Phillips de Pury’s Contemporary Art Part I sale. Three other Warhol pieces,…
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Andy Warhol’s Sixteen Jackies (left) and Round Jackie (right) Last week’s Modern and Impressionist auctions in New York were deemed successful but unexciting, so all eyes are on this week’s…
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A Triptych Oil Painting by Chinese Artist Zhang Xiaogang Sold for $10.1 Million in Hong Kong
April 11, 2011A triptych oil painting by Chinese artist Zhang Xiaogang sold for $10.1 million Auction giant Sotheby’s sold $447 million worth of Asian art, wine, watches and jewellery in its Asian…
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Ai Weiwei’s Sunflower Seeds Back in October, Chinese artist Ai Weiwei caused quite a stir with his installation of a giant mound of 100 million hand-painted ceramic Sunflower Seeds at…
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Exceptional Single-Owner Collection Totals £93.5/$150.5/€110.3 million at Sotheby’s
February 11, 2011Francis Bacon’s Triptych of Lucian Freud Sells for £23/$37/€27 million Salvador Dalí Portrait Fetches £13.5/$21.7/€15.9 million WORLD AUCTION RECORD FOR THE ARTIST & ANY SURREALIST WORK OF ART LONDON, THURSDAY,…