NEW YORK (AP) β A rare piece of artwork painted by Vincent van Gogh weeks before his death has sold for $61.8 million at a New York auction of big-ticket impressionist and modern art.
The 1890 painting, “Still Life, Vase With Daisies and Poppies,” had expected to fetch between $30 million and $50 million. The auction record for a van Gogh is $82.5 million.
Tuesday’s auction at Sotheby’s also brought in $101 million for “Chariot,” a rare sculpture by Alberto Giacometti. The 1951 bronze sculpture features an elongated goddesslike figure perched atop a wheeled chariot. The price almost broke the $104.3 million record for the artist.
Amedeo Modigliani’s “Tete,” sculpture sold for $70.7 million, just topping the previous auction record for the artist at $69 million.
All of the prices include the buyer’s premium.
