Sotheby’s sold an Edouard Manet self-portrait for 22.4 million pounds ($33.1 million) on Tuesday, a record for the artist but toward the lower end of pre-sale expectations of 20-30 million pounds. The painting, one of only two self-portraits by the art…
Sotheby’s Sold Edouard Manet Self-portrait for A Record $33.1 million
LONDON
– The painting, “Self Portrait with a Palette”, was bought for a record
price by
New York dealer Franck Giraud, who was bidding at the Sothebys sale, in
central
London. The Manet was among 51 lots in Sotheby’s sale of Impres…
Frida Kahlo’s Self-Portraits at San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA)
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