Number 7A, 1948 by Jackson Pollock sold for $181.2m at Christie’s in New York, setting a new auction record for Pollock and placing the work among the four most expensive ever sold at auction. The previous Pollock auction record was $61.2m set in 2021, while other Pollock works have sold privately for up to $200m. Christie’s described the painting as Pollock’s break from conventional easel painting and an early step toward fully abstract art. On the same day, Constantin Brancusi’s Danaide sold for $107.6m, Mark Rothko’s No 15 (Two Greens and Red Stripe) sold for $98.4m, and Joan Miró’s Portrait of Madame K sold for $53.5m, each surpassing prior auction records. Gustav Klimt’s Portrait of Elisabeth Lederer sold for $236.4m, Frida Kahlo’s The Dream (The Bed) sold for $54.7m, and the article reiterates that Salvator Mundi remains the highest auction painting at $450m.
"A Jackson Pollock painting has sold for a record $181.2m (135.3m) at Christie's in New York. The sale on Monday made Number 7A, 1948 the fourth most expensive work ever sold at auction, according to ARTnews. The previous auction record for Pollock was $61.2m, set in 2021. Other works by the abstract expressionist have sold privately for up to $200m."
"It is with this work that Pollock finally frees himself from the shackles of conventional easel painting and produces one of the first truly abstract paintings in the history of art, Christie's said in a statement."
"On a busy day for the auction house, Danaide, a bronze head sculpted by the Romanian-born artist Constantin Brancusi in around 1913, sold for $107.6m, topping its previous record of $71.2m set in 2018. Danaide by Constantin Brancusi. Photograph: Eduardo Munoz/Reuters No 15 (Two Greens and Red Stripe) by the US painter Mark Rothko sold for $98.4m, and Portrait of Madame K by the Catalan artist Joan Miro for $53.5m."
"Monday's auction followed a string of records set at Sotheby's in November last year. Portrait of Elisabeth Lederer, painted by the Austrian master Gustav Klimt between 1914 and 1916, sold for $236.4m, becoming the second most expensive work ever sold at auction. The Dream (The Bed), 1940, a self-portrait by the Mexican artist Frida Kahlo, sold for $54.7m, a record for a painting by a woman. The most expensive painting ever sold at auction is Salvator Mundi, a Renaissance work attributed to Leonardo da Vinci, which was bought for $450m in 2017."
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