Warhol’s Riot to Calder’s Fish Fuel $500 Million Auction
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Major works by Francis Bacon, Andy Warhol and Mark Rothko are set to fuel Christie’s auction of postwar and contemporary art in New York next month with a target of $500 million.
The 72-lot evening sale on May 13 has at least 10 works estimated at $20 million or more, according to the privately held auction house. It will also feature 14 pieces from the estate of major Chicago art collectors. Christie’s sale last May tallied a then-record $495 million.