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Rothko’s ‘Orange, Red, Yellow’ nets record $86.9 million at auction
A sunset-colored painting by Mark Rothko became the world’s most expensive contemporary art work when it fetched $86.9 million in a stunningly lucrative auction at Christie’s in New York. “Orange, red, yellow” was as hot on the Christie’s block as the colors on the bold, large-scale abstract canvas. A thicket…
Graffiti star’s invisible secret found 24 years after death
LONDON — Experts at London’s Sotheby’s auction house on Tuesday revealed they had discovered an invisible ink signature made by US graffiti icon Jean-Michel Basquiat on his painting “Orange Sports Figure”. The work will be the top lot in Wednesday’s Contemporary Art Evening Sale and had been expected to sell…
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