The picture of Jean-Michel Basquiat, sold at Sotheby’s for a record $110,5 million

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.

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