The collection of paintings by Dennis Hopper will go under the hammer

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Owned by Dennis Hopper collection of paintings will be sold at auction, according to Bloomberg. Auction house Christie's had not yet determined exactly what works from the collection of the actor will go under the hammer.
However, we already know that the auction will be posted Hopper's portrait of Andy Warhol. The estimated cost of this work is 1.2 million dollars. Unnamed painting by Jean-Michel Basquiat, which hung in the living room in California home of Hopper proposing to sell seven million dollars. Sam Hopper bought Basquiat work for 17 thousand dollars in 1988, several months before his death.
It is assumed that the total value of all the exhibited works at the auction will be more than ten million dollars. Bidding will take place in New York on November 10 and 11.
Dennis Hopper died of cancer at the end of May 2010 at 74 years of age. The actor won fame for roles in the film "Rebel without an ideal" and "Giant." Hopper also worked on eight films as a director - including over the tape of 1969 "Easy Rider", a recognized national cultural heritage of the United States.
(Lenta.Ru)

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