The picture of Jean-Michel Basquiat, sold at Sotheby’s for a record $110,5 million
The painting is untitled and dates back to 1982.
MOSCOW, may 19. /TASS/. Canvas Bohemian artist Jean-Michel Basquiat sold Thursday for $110,5 million at Sotheby’s in new York. This was reported by Agence France-Presse.
According to him, this amount was the largest ever paid for a work of Basquiat’s brush.
Sold the painting is untitled and dates back to 1982. On a blue background with black paint drawn outlines of a human head.
This Jean Michel Basquiat portrait just sold for $110.5 million at Sotheby’s –
a record for any American artist https://t.co/gGHX1fJGLS pic.twitter.com/SXu5PQJDJ7
— Bloomberg (@business) may 19, 2017
The painting found a new owner 10 minutes after the start of the auction, says France-Presse.