Agi: Un Pollock è stato battuto all'asta per 181 milioni di dollari, è record

AGI - Un dipinto di Jackson Pollock è stato venduto per la cifra record di 181,2 milioni di dollari durante un'asta tenutasi ieri da Christie's a New York, guidando una giornata di vendite eccezionali. "Number 7A, 1948", una grande tela lunga oltre tre metri caratterizzata da colature nere di vernice con tocchi di rosso, è stata aggiudicata per 181,2 milioni di dollari, commissioni incluse. Secondo ARTnews, la vendita rende l'opera la quarta più costosa mai battuta all'asta.
Il precedente record in asta per Pollock era di 61,2 milioni di dollari, stabilito nel 2021. Altre sue opere sono state vendute privatamente fino a 200 milioni di dollari. "E' con quest'opera che Pollock si libera definitivamente dai vincoli della pittura da cavalletto convenzionale e realizza uno dei primi dipinti veramente astratti della storia dell'arte", ha dichiarato Christie's in un comunicato. "Danaide", una testa in bronzo scolpita intorno al 1913 dall'artista di origine romena Constantin Brancusi, è stata venduta per 107,6 milioni di dollari, superando il precedente record di 71,2 milioni stabilito nel 2018. "No. 15 (Two Greens and Red Stripe)" del pittore americano Mark Rothko è stata aggiudicata per 98,4 milioni di dollari, mentre "Portrait of Madame K." dell'artista catalano Joan Miro' è stata acquistata per 53,5 milioni di dollari.
I precedenti
Le vendite hanno superato i precedenti record d'asta per Rothko (86,9 milioni di dollari) e Miro' (37 milioni), entrambi stabiliti nel 2012. L'asta di ieri segue una serie di record registrati da Sotheby's nel novembre dello scorso anno. Il "Portrait of Elisabeth Lederer" del maestro austriaco Gustav Klimt, realizzato tra il 1914 e il 1916, era stato venduto per 236,4 milioni di dollari, diventando la seconda opera più costosa mai battuta all'asta. "The Dream (The Bed)" (1940), autoritratto della pittrice messicana Frida Kahlo, era stato venduto per 54,7 milioni di dollari, stabilendo il record per un dipinto realizzato da una donna. L'opera più costosa mai venduta all'asta resta "Salvator Mundi", attribuita a Leonardo da Vinci, acquistata per 450 milioni di dollari nel 2017.

A Pollock sold at auction for $181 million, setting a record.

AGI - A Jackson Pollock painting was sold for a record $181.2 million during an auction held yesterday by Christie’s in New York, driving a day of exceptional sales. “Number 7A, 1948,” a large canvas over three meters long characterized by black paint drippings with touches of red, was sold for $181.2 million, including commissions. According to ARTnews, the sale makes the work the fourth most expensive ever sold at auction.

Pollock’s previous auction record was $61.2 million, set in 2021. Other works by him have been sold privately for up to $200 million. “It is with this work that Pollock definitively frees himself from the constraints of conventional easel painting and realizes one of the first truly abstract paintings in the history of art,” Christie’s stated in a release. “Danaide,” a bronze head sculpted around 1913 by the Romanian-born artist Constantin Brancusi, was sold for $107.6 million, surpassing the previous record of $71.2 million set in 2018. “No. 15 (Two Greens and Red Stripe)” by the American painter Mark Rothko was sold for $98.4 million, while “Portrait of Madame K.” by the Catalan artist Joan Miro’ was purchased for $53.5 million.

Previous Records
The sales exceeded previous auction records for Rothko ($86.9 million) and Miro’ ($37 million), both set in 2012. The auction yesterday follows a series of records set by Sotheby’s in November of last year. “Portrait of Elisabeth Lederer” by the Austrian master Gustav Klimt, created between 1914 and 1916, had been sold for $236.4 million, becoming the second most expensive painting ever sold at auction. “The Dream (The Bed)” (1940), a self-portrait by the Mexican painter Frida Kahlo, had been sold for $54.7 million, establishing the record for a painting made by a woman. The most expensive painting ever sold at auction remains “Salvator Mundi,” attributed to Leonardo da Vinci, purchased for $450 million in 2017.

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