Twombly, Bacon top Christie's $448mn auction in NY
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Channel: AFP News Agency · 2017 · Howto & Style
A largely abstract Cy Twombly sells for $52.89 million at Christie's flagship post-war and contemporary art auction in New York, narrowly eclipsing a Francis Bacon triptych of his lover.
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