British artist David Hockney's work 'Portrait Of An Artist (Pool With Two Figures), which was painted in 1972, has set a new world auction record for a living artist, according to the New York auction house Christie's. Photo: AFP
An iconic 1972 painting by British artist David Hockney soared to US$90.3mil (RM379mil) at Christie’s in New York on Thursday, smashing the record for the highest price ever paid at auction for a work by a living artist.
With Christie’s commission, Portrait Of An Artist (Pool With Two Figures), surpassed the auction house’s pre-sale estimate of about US$80mil (RM335mil), following a bidding war between two determined would-be buyers once the work hit US$70mil (RM293mil).
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