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Lucian Freud
$142,405,000 Francis Bacon on view at the Portland Art Museum
The world’s most expensive work of art will make its debut at the Portland Art Museum, after selling last month at Christie’s Auction House for $142,405,000. Francis Bacon’s “Three Studies of Lucian Feud will be on view from December 21. 2013 through March 30, 2014. Museum Director Brian Ferriso states in the recent press release: … Continue reading
December’s Artist of the Month – Lucian Freud
Grandson of the psychoanalysis founding father, Sigmund Freud, artist Lucian Freud is best known for his unique nudes and portrait paintings. Born in Germany in December of 1922, Freud fled Nazi Germany at the young age of ten, settling in England where he became a British citizen by 1939. In the following four years, Freud … Continue reading
Highlights from November’s Post-War & Contemporary Sales
Mid November sparked a hunger in New York City for art acquisitions when the leading auction houses went head to head with the Post-War & Contemporary Art Sales. Both auctions housed masterpieces eager to break auction sale records, and we were not disappointed! Christie’s closed their sale with a staggering $691.6M, soaring over their previous … Continue reading
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