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The art market rolls on in a seemingly endless boom regardless of subject, period or medium. On Monday night Christie's sold 48 works of contemporary art for £86.24 million, or $171.87 million.
The three big winners of the evening shared no other characteristic than the degree of attention that the artists had aroused in the news media. The highest price went to Francis Bacon's "Three Studies for Self Portrait," painted in 1975 while the British artist stayed in Paris. The three views of the painter's face are handled in his typical manner influenced by early 20th-century Expressionism, with violent distortions suggestive of drug-induced hallucinations. The presale estimate was "in excess of £10 million." Instead, the triptych rose to £17.28 million , a gigantic price for three panels each measuring 35.5 centimeters by 30.5 centimeters, or 14 inches by 12 inches.
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The three big winners of the evening shared no other characteristic than the degree of attention that the artists had aroused in the news media. The highest price went to Francis Bacon's "Three Studies for Self Portrait," painted in 1975 while the British artist stayed in Paris. The three views of the painter's face are handled in his typical manner influenced by early 20th-century Expressionism, with violent distortions suggestive of drug-induced hallucinations. The presale estimate was "in excess of £10 million." Instead, the triptych rose to £17.28 million , a gigantic price for three panels each measuring 35.5 centimeters by 30.5 centimeters, or 14 inches by 12 inches.
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