Sentences with phrase «acquired white flag»
In 1998 the Metropolitan Museum of Art acquired White Flag (1955) for an undisclosed sum in a transaction between the artist and the museum worth an estimated $ 20 million, according to sources.
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From 1993 to 2008, as a senior consultant at the Met, Rosenthal was instrumental in acquiring important works for the museum's permanent collection, including its first works by Jasper Johns (White Flag, 1955) and Robert Rauschenberg (Winter Pool, 1959).
His use of red, white, and blue was undoubtedly informed by Johns» flag paintings, one of which Tworkov acquired in an art trade with Johns himself.
In 1998, the Metropolitan Museum of Art New York allegedly spent $ 20 million acquiring his work White Flag; in 2006, his painting False Start was purchased by private collectors for a reported $ 80 million, making it one of the most expensive paintings by a living artist.