Andy Warhol, Before and After [4] (1962). Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; purchase with funds from Charles Simon, 71.226 © The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc. / Artists Rights Society (ARS) New York
The show presents a very un-Warholian Warhol—and that may be wishful thinking.
Compliments of the Diego Voci Project Team Diego Voci Project
On 1 July 2015, a 1975 Francis #Bacon “Self Portrait” 14” x 12” sold for $24 million at Sotheby’s, #Bacon priced @ $142,857 per inch.
Lucien #Freud “Four Eggs On A Plate” 4” x 6” at same Sotheby’s auction, sold for $1,553,027. #EGGS Priced @ $388,250 each
Others of note for same auction.
#Warhol 1964 Diptych 8 Flowers, silkscreen ink on canvas 14 ¼” x 14” sold $2,269,084. Price per flower is $283,635.
Eggs by Jean Michael #Basquiat priced (6) eggs at $1,475,296 per egg! (Lot 47 sold for $8,851,781)
Details on Blouin link: http://www.blouinartinfo.com/news/story/1190757/sothebys-big-but-bruising-contemporary-art-evening-sale-in
Images on Sotheby’s link: http://www.sothebys.com/en/auctions/2015/contemporary-art-evening-auction-l15022.html#&page=all&sort=lotNum-asc&viewMode=list&lot=9&scroll=2943
Courtesy the Diego Voci Project www.diegovociproject.com on YouTube and Google.
diegovociproject 