Three Studies of Lucian Freud, a 1969 triptych painting by artist Francis Bacon,
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It's now "the most expensive artwork ever sold at auction," The Associated Press reports. The previous record: "the nearly $120 million paid for Edvard Munch's The Scream, which set a world record when it was sold at Sotheby's in a 2012 sale."
According to The New York Times: "Seven superrich bidders" spent about 10 frenzied minutes competing for the painting. "William Acquavella, the New York dealer, is
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Bacon, born in Dublin on Oct. 28, 1909, died in 1992 at the age of 82. In 2009,
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But this week in The Guardian, critic Jonathan Jones wrote that:
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The PBS NewsHour this week posted about Bacon's now record breaking work:
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PBS also pointed to GalleryIntell's post about the triptych, which says in part that:
"The three panels, with their flat delineated yellow and taupe background feature the German born grandson of Sigmund Freud in a variety of contorted positions,
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"Three Studies of Lucian Freud is a 'conversation' between the two pillars of 20th Century figurative art and is one of only two existing full length triptychs of Lucian Freud."
Also at Christie's on Tuesday,
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