Francis Bacon Painting Sets Auction Record Sale at 142 Million Dollars
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The price surpassed the nearly $120 million paid for Edvard Munch's "The Scream," which set a world record when it was sold at Sotheby's in a 2012 sale. The previous record for Bacon's artwork sold at auction was his 1976 "Triptych." That sold for $86 million in 2008.

 

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Among other highlights scheduled to be auctioned at Christie's is a bright orange-yellow and white oil painting by Mark Rothko. Reminiscent of a radiating sunset, the 1957 large-scale "Untitled (No. 11)" could fetch up to $35 million.

 

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In May 2012, Christie's sold Rothko's "Orange, Red, Yellow" for $86.8 million, a record for any contemporary artwork at auction.

 

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A famously macabre painting by Andy Warhol sold for $105.4 million on November 13, 2013, a record for the famed pop artist and the second-most expensive piece of art ever auctioned, according to Sotheby's auction house.  "Silver Car Crash (Double Disaster)" shows a twisted body in the wreckage of a car crash, part of Warhol's vaunted "Death and Disaster" series, painted in 1963.

 

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The Warhol auction previous auction record was $71.7 million for "Green Car Crash (Green Burning Car I)," sold in 2007. Warhol produced four paintings in the "Death and Disaster" series. The other three are in museums. Measuring 8 feet by 13 feet, the 1963 silver work captures the immediate aftermath of a car crash, a twisted body sprawled across its mangled interior. It has been seen in public only once in the past 26 years.

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Christie's also has an iconic Andy Warhol, "Coca-Cola (3)," wich sold for $57.2 million at Christie's auction house, and his portrait of Elizabeth Taylor titled "Liz #1 (Early Colored Liz)" sold for $20 million 

 

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Other blue-chip offerings at Christie's November, 2013 auction include Jeff Koons' whimsical "Balloon Dog (Orange)," a 10-foot-tall stainless steel sculpture resembling a twisted child's party balloon. It is expected to sell for up to $55 million. It is one of five balloon dogs Koons has created in different colors. All are in private hands. It is being sold by newsprint magnate Peter Brant to benefit his Brant Foundation Art Study in Greenwich, Conn.

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Also on tap is a masterpiece by German painter Gerhard Richter from the collection of Eric Clapton. Painted in gold and orange hues, the 1994 "Abstract Painting" is estimated to bring as much as $20 million. Richter's photo-based "Cathedral Square, Milan" brought $37 million at Sotheby's in May, setting a record for any living artist at auction. Roy Lichtenstein's "Seductive Girl" could bring up to $28 million. The artist auction record is $56 million for "Woman With Flowered Hat," sold at Christie's in May.

 

 

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