The Results are In
…but I don’t mean the elections. There were so many astonishing results in the NY auctions this week. For the sake of brevity (and diplomacy), I’ll limit my comments to the two paintings I previewed (below) as well as one particular drawing. Let’s start with the drawing, by far the most riveting result. Le Viol (The Rape, 1940), pen, brush and ink on paper, 38 x 46 cm, was estimated at $4-6M but fetched $13,522,500. This result speaks for itself, though I’m not exactly sure what it says. Except that it breaks the world’s record by a mile for a black-and-white work on paper by Picasso. It also comes in at the heels of the third priciest Picasso work on paper […]
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