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Jean-Michel Basquiat painting sells for record ₹720 crore
short by Aarushi Maheshwari / on Friday, 19 May, 2017
A painting by Jean-Michel Basquiat was auctioned on Thursday for a record $110.5 million (nearly ₹720 crore) in New York. Auction house Sotheby's said the 1982 painting was an auction record for the late American artist. The painting, depicting a face shaped like a skull, was bought by Japanese entrepreneur Yusaku Maezawa after a 10-minute bidding war.
read more at The Guardian