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“Wan Shan Hong Bian” by Li Keran sold for a record $46 million at Beijing Poly.

Modern Chinese Painting Fetches $46 Million at Beijing Auction
Jing Daily - June 6th, 2012 11:01

A painting inspired by a poem written by Communist leader Mao Zedong in 1925 demanded a hefty 293.25 million yuan ($46 million) at a Chinese auction over the weekend. “Wan Shan Hong Bian” ("Thousands of Hills in A Crimsoned View”), painted in 1964, by...

John Mulvany’s massive 11x20 foot oil painting “Custer’s Last Rally,” completed in 1881 and a Pop Culture phenomenon in its day, prepares for June 10 auction in Dallas.

Famous depiction of Custer’s Last Stand makes first-ever auction appearance in Heritage Wild West event
Release Date: 06 June 2012
Custer's Last Rally, 1881, John Mulvany ‘s epic 11 x 20 foot oil painting will sell at auction on June 10 at Heritage Auctions, part of the company’s Legends of The Wild West Signature® Auction. The painting, a truly blockbuster achievement, represents one of the great “One-Hit Wonders” of ...

Andy Warhol, Portrait of Karl Ludwig Schweisfurth. 1980. Oil and silkscreen on canvas, 102 x 101,5 cm (40.1 x 39.9 in) Estimate: € 80.000-100.000

Art from the Butchery: Andy Warhol's Portrait of Karl Ludwig Schweisfurth up for Auction
Release Date: 06 June 2012
Andy Warhol couldn't believe what he saw: “Pigs, pigs, pigs (…) everywhere. And art.“ His visit with Karl Ludwig Schweisfurth, the then-owner of the meat company Herta, in February 1980, left a deep impression on Warhol. And that wasn't all: He also made a portrait of Schweisfurth that will be ...

"Black T Boro: Circles" 2012 20" x 20" Discarded t-shirts, cotton and rayon thread appliquéd and embroidered.

FiberWorks: Traditional Techniques in Contemporary Forms
Release Date: 06 June 2012
In these diverse contemporary fiber pieces, Tracy Jamar expands the possibilities of traditional hand-made techniques such as rug hooking, collage, appliqué and embroidery in her contemporary fiber pieces. Using a combination of new, old and repurposed yarns and fabrics as well as ...

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