METALLICA Drummer Sells Basquiat Painting For $14M At New York City Auction
November 12, 2008, 16 years ago
According to the Associated Press, a painting by Jean-Michel Basquiat has been sold for US$13.5 million at an auction in New York City.
The 1982 painting, "Untitled (Boxer)," was consigned to Christie's auction house by Lars Ulrich, drummer for METALLICA. Christie's didn't identify the buyer.
The painting shows a black heavyweight fighter with his arms thrust in the air against a white graffiti-filled background. It surpassed its pre-auction estimate of more than $12 million.
The current auction record for a Basquiat is $14.6 million for "Untitled," which sold at Sotheby's last year.
Francis Bacon's "Study for Self-Portrait" didn't sell. Christie's says it had been estimated to sell for about $40 million.
