The third major contemporary art auction this week brought in another $88.9 million, including a record price for a Jean Michel Basquiat work, despite the mixed quality over all.
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Thu, 05/10/2012 - 10:30pm
Topics: art art sale jean michel basquiat painting
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- Phillips Leads Spring Auctions in Hong Kong With $12.6 M. Basquiat Painting
The recent results of Christie's and Phillips modern and contemporary ... A bright yellow acrylic and silkscreen Flowers painting from 1965 by Andy Warhol was the top lot, at HK$66.625 million with ...
06/3/2024 - 9:29 am | View Link - Basquiat Painting Sells for $12.6 M. at Phillips Hong Kong
That record follows the sale of Basquiat's Untitled (ELMAR), also from 1982, at Phillips's modern and contemporary art evening sale in New York earlier this month for $46.5 million. That work was the ...
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