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Leading the sales was Jackson Pollock’s classic drip painting “No. 19, 1948” at a record $58.3 million.
But the Pollock painting was not the only star of the night. Roy Lichtenstein 1963 painting “Woman With Flowered Hat” went for $56.1 million, Jean-Michel Basquiat’s “Dustheads” (seen above), a seven-foot-tall canvas from 1982, sold for $48.8 million.
In all, 12 contemporary artists were represented, netting nearly half a billion dollars.
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Alex has written for Vanity Fair, Barrons, Bloomberg and Condé Nast Traveler.