Art
An Artist Favored by Axelrod in ‘Billions’ Is Poised for a Record Sale
- Robert Motherwell painting may fetch $16 million at Phillips
- The 1971 canvas is inspired by Spanish Civil War, Lorca poem
Damian Lewis as hedge fund manager Bobby Axelrod, with a Motherwell replica.
Source: ShowtimeAuction sales of Robert Motherwell’s artworks totaled $16.1 million last year. Next month, a single painting by the postwar American artist could fetch that much.
“At Five in the Afternoon,” Motherwell’s monumental canvas, is estimated at $13 million to $16 million by Phillips auction house and will be the cover lot of the company’s evening sale of 20th century art on May 17 in New York.