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Modern Art Fever: Basquiat Fetches $16.3M

It's a record price for the artist

By Kevin Spak, Newser Staff

Posted May 11, 2012 11:54 AM CDT

(Newser) – Well, it's no $120 million, but a Jean Michel Basquiat painting made a splash at an auction last night at Phillips de Pury & Company, selling for a whopping $16.3 million—an all-time high for the neo-expressionist. Coming just two days after a... Read full story »

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Modern Art Fever: Basquiat Fetches $16.3M

It's a record price for the artist

modern art • art auction • Phillips de Pury • Jean-Michel Basquiat

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