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ARTFIXdaily News Feed - Thursday, May 10, 2012

Roy Lichtenstein’s iconic "Sleeping Girl" from 1964 will be offered by Sotheby's in May 2012.

Lichtenstein, Bacon Boost Sotheby's $266.6 million Sale
ArtfixDaily Staff - May 9th, 2012 22:09

Led by $44.9 million final bids for Francis Bacon and Roy Lichtenstein, Sotheby's took in a grand total of $266.6 million with its Contemporary art evening sale on Wednesday. Nearly half of the offered lots went above estimates with 46 of 57 lots selling. Lichtenstein's "Sleeping Girl"...

Frieze New York 2012. Photograph by Linda Nylind. Courtesy of Linda Nylind/ Frieze

Sales Highlights from New York's First Frieze

An overall success, the first annual Frieze Art Fair in New York wrapped up this Monday. Held on Randall's Island in Manhattan, the fair featured 180 galleries from 30 countries, representing the crème de la crème of the contemporary art scene. There were several major standouts...

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