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Warhol's Double Elvis Sells for $37M

Lichtenstein's 'Sleeping Girl' brings in $45M

By John Johnson,  Newser Staff

Posted May 10, 2012 12:30 PM CDT

(Newser) – Another strong day for Sotheby's, though maybe not on the scale of the The Scream:

  • Andy Warhol's silkscreen Double Elvis sold for $37 million. One of 22 made by Warhol, it's based on a movie still and shows Elvis as a gun-toting cowboy, notes the Guardian.
  • Roy Lichtenstein's Sleeping Girl sold for $45 million, setting a record for the artist.
  • A one-ton porcelain sculpture by Chinese dissident Ai Weiwei, Sunflower Seeds, sold for $782,500.
  • Francis Bacon's Figure Writing Reflected in Mirror sold for $45 million.

Andy Warhol's Double Elvis sold for $37 million.
Andy Warhol's "Double Elvis" sold for $37 million.   (AP Photo/Sotheby's, File)
Sleeping Girl by Roy Lichtenstein sold for $44.9 million.
"Sleeping Girl" by Roy Lichtenstein sold for $44.9 million.   (AP Photo/Sotheby's, File)
The sculpture Sunflower Seeds by Ai Weiwei sold for $782,500.
The sculpture "Sunflower Seeds" by Ai Weiwei sold for $782,500.   (AP Photo/Sotheby’s)
Francis Bacon's 1976 “Figure Writing Reflected in Mirror sold for $44.9 million.
Francis Bacon's 1976 “Figure Writing Reflected in Mirror" sold for $44.9 million.   (AP Photo/Sotheby’s)
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Andy Warhol • Sotheby's • Francis Bacon • Elvis Presley • art auction • Ai Weiwei • Roy Lichtenstein

 
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