benefits supervisor sleeping - Lucian Freud's $33 Million Painting Sets Sale Record for Living Artist
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Lucian Freud’s $33 Million Painting Sets Sale Record for Living Artist

freud3.jpgAt Christie's Post-War & Contemporary Art Evening Sale last night, "Benefits Supervisor Sleeping" (1995) by Lucian Freud (Sigmund's grandson), went for $33 million. It beat the record auction price for a living artist—the last record was set by Jeff Koons' "Hanging Heart" sculpture, sold for $23 mil at Sotheby's last November. (P.S.: Fat- and appearance-mockers will be executed!) [WSJ]

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