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Trump Painting May Fetch $750,000 at Auction Before Election

  • Phillips to offer ‘Trump Descending an Escalator’ on Oct. 20
  • Work by artist Dana Schutz riffs on Duchamp, the Simpsons

Before he became U.S. President, Donald Trump used $10,000 from his foundation to buy a six-foot-tall oil portrait of himself at auction.

Next week, he’ll have a chance to bid on a bigger, albeit less flattering image: “Trump Descending an Escalator.”