Warhol painting sold at Sotheby's for 43.76 million
Artwork by Andy Warhol's 200-dollar bills "was sold for 43.76 million dollars at the auctions conducted by Sotheby's evening of November 11 in New York.
Before bidding silkscreened "200-dollar bills" Sotheby's had planned to sell for 8.12 million dollars. Picture size 203,8 to 234,3 cm was created by Warhol in the spring of 1962.
Significantly exceeded the estimate and the self-portrait of Warhol, not previously offered for sale. For now, established in 1965, planned to rescue 1-1,5 million, and it managed to sell over 6.130 million dollars.
Two works by Willem de Kooning - sculpture "Torso" and painting "Untitled. XV" - went under the hammer for the 5,68 and 6,1 million respectively. The final price of both lots was only slightly below the upper bound estimate.
Increased interest of buyers and caused "Gray Room" Jasper Johns. In the preliminary evaluation of 5.7 million dollars for the painting was paid 8.7 million.
Results of contemporary art auctions held by Sotheby's in New York, were sold 47 lots totaling 133 million 235,5 thousands of dollars.
A day earlier, 10 November, an auction of contemporary art in New York and spent another major auction house - Christie's. Of the 47 lots offered by Christie's customers, managed to sell 39 at a total amount of 74.151 million dollars. Top lots of the auction Christie's - "Brother's Sausage" Jean-Michel Basquiat and "Tunafish Disaster" by Andy Warhol - and have not found a buyer. The most expensive lot was the painting by Peter Doig "Reflection (What does your soul look like)", pushed under the hammer for 10.162 million in the preliminary estimate of 4-6 million.
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