It sold for $ 1,879,500, breaking
the former auction record for the artist of $ 1,707,500.
Not exact matches
In addition to the
record Rivera, Charles Sheeler's View of Central Park realised $ 1,332,500, and Midtown Range by Stefan Hirsch, a 1931 painting of the view from the fifth - floor window of the family's
former home on West 54th Street, was bought
for $ 187,500 — an
auction record for the
artist.
Lot 8, «Seated Figure with Pink Background,» by Nathan Oliveira (b. 1928), sold
for $ 317,500, smashing the
artist's
former auction record of $ 68,750.
It sold
for $ 3,859,500, breaking the
artist's
former auction record of $ 3,027,500.
A luscious, large oil on canvas by Morris Louis, Lot 21, has an estimate of $ 700,000 to $ 900,000 and sold
for $ 1,659,500, breaking the
artist's
former auction record of $ 1,045,000.
It sold
for $ 7,159,500, breaking
for the
artist's
former auction record of $ 6,050,000.
Chris Ofili's painting of a black Virgin Mary decorated with elephant dung that caught the ire of
former New York City Mayor Rudolph Giuliani sold
for 2.9 million pounds at Christie's, an
auction record for the British
artist.
An art advisor and
former auction house expert with apparent knowledge of the transaction suggested the price was «north of $ 10 million» — if accurate, it crushes the
auction record for the
artist, which stands at $ 2.7 million.