New York art auctions see record prices

" The stunning $61.7 million sale of a painting by American abstract artist Clyfford Still capped a week of record prices at auctions in New York, despite turmoil in the world's financial markets.
Against the backdrop of a noisy protest by union workers outside, Sotheby's sold Still's painting "1949-A-No. 1" for almost three times the previous record of $21.3 million for works by the famously reclusive artist, who died in 1980."  [Read Full Article]

Published by:  AFB
On:  11/10/11
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