Sentences with phrase «expensive work by a living artist»

In November 2013, the Post-War and Contemporary evening sale at Christie's totaled $ 691.6 million, setting a new record for the most expensive work by a living artist — $ 58.4 million for Jeff Koons's sculpture Balloon Dog.

Jeff Koons made himself a household name with his gargantuan steel sculpture series Balloon Dog, which broke records in 2013 when one of his five supersized hounds became the most expensive work by a living artist sold at auction, going for a staggering $ 58.4 m.

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Sold for 3,641,000 to Roman Abramovich in 2008, the most expensive work sold by a living artist at auction until 2012.)

The November 2013 sale at Christie's made the sculpture the most expensive work of art by a living artist.

Koons also holds the record for the most expensive work ever sold at auction by a living artist — Balloon Dog (Orange), 1994 - 2000 sold in 2013 for an extraordinary $ 58.4 million at Christie's.

«Helter Skelter» surpassed this previous record, elevating Bradford's work to the most expensive ever by a living African American artist at auction.

Damien Hirst becomes the most expensive living artist Hindustan Times (New Delhi, India); June 23, 2007; 357 words... by the Hindustan Times London, June 23 — English artist Damien Hirst has become the world's most expensive living artist, overtaking... styled Young British Artists, a group that dominated the British art scene in the 1990s, Hirst is best known for his work involving...

Her works are among the most expensive by a living female artist.

[11] In 1988, Johns» False Start was sold at auction at Sotheby's to Samuel I. Newhouse, Jr. for $ 17.05 million, setting a record at the time as the highest price paid for a work by a living artist at auction, and the second highest price paid for an artwork at auction in the U.S. [32] In 2006, private collectors Anne and Kenneth Griffin (founder of the Chicago - based hedge fund Citadel LLC) bought False Start (1959) from David Geffen [33] for $ 80 million, making it the most expensive painting by a living artist.

«Helter Skelter» rocketed past this previous record, making Bradford's work the most expensive ever by a living African American artist at auction.

In 1998, the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York reportedly paid $ 20 million for his work «White Flag», while in 2006, his work «False Start» was bought by private collectors for a reputed $ 80 million, making it the most expensive painting by a living artist.

The December Art & Fashion issue features brief reports on Julie Mehretu, whose work is among the most expensive by a living woman artist, and emerging talent Kevin Beasley who, if press interest is any indication, has a promising career ahead of him.

The distinction means her work is the most expensive by a black woman artist, living or dead.

When it's an utterly splendid, signature black - and - white piece by Christopher Wool, one of the top - five most expensive living painters — his work regularly sells for the ten of millions of dollars at auction — and among the most influential artists anywhere today.

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.

In this work, the most expensive painting by a living artist, Johns uses stenciled words on a brightly colored background which provide a literal allusion to the title False Start.

His orange «Balloon Dog» became the most expensive work sold by a living artist when it was auctioned for $ 58 million at Christie's last fall.

Christie's had promoted this sale of modern and contemporary art, promising to break records for the most expensive work ever, as well as the priciest by a living artist, with an international PR campaign of unprecedented scope.