“Portrait of an Artist (Pool with Two Figures)” is one of the iconic imagery of British painter David Hockney. At Christie’s in New York, it was sold at auction for about $ 90 million. This is a new record.
The image shows the artist on the edge of a swimming pool standing. He considered a swimmer, the dive through the shimmering blue water. In the Background a green hill landscape lights. “Portrait of an Artist (Pool with two figures)” is one of the most famous works of today, 81-year-old Hockney, and has cult status.
According to the auction house the auction was “stunning”: Was the starting price in 18 million dollars, topped the commandments after a few seconds the mark of 50 million dollars. Nine minutes later, and after a contest of two phone bidders in 1972 resulting paintings was sold for 80 million dollars. Including the auction fees the price is 90,3 million dollars (the equivalent of almost 80 million euros).
The artist in front of his image
The previous record was surpassed a price for the work of a living artist. The record of the sculpture “Balloon Dog (Orange)” by the US artist Jeff Koons held up so far. At a 2013 auction in New York, it had the price of 58.4 million dollars.
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“Portrait of an Artist (Pool with Two Figures)” by David Hockney is the most expensive picture by a living painter. On top of that, it is one of the iconic imagery of the British, standing before his paintings. At Christie’s in London, it moved in November 2018 for a good 90 million dollars the owner. This is a new auction record.
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The record of the “Balloon Dog held up to then” by Jeff Koons. At an auction in November 2013, the steel dog brought in the orange Version of 58.4 million dollars. In the Top Ten he can’t do it, of course. Koons loves plants, which look like oversized toys or chrome plated everyday items. The dog is reminiscent of balloons knotted animals.
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