A 1969 triptych by the Anglo-Irish artist Francis Bacon sold for $142.4m on Tuesday night, smashing the record for an artwork sold at auction – the $120m paid last year for Edvard Munch’s “The Scream”.
本周二晚，出生于爱尔兰的英国画家弗朗西斯?培根(Francis Bacon)创作于1969年的三联画以1.424亿美元的价格成交，刷新了艺术品的拍卖纪录。此前创下纪录的是爱德华?蒙克(Edvard Munch)的《尖叫》(The Scream)，去年售得1.2亿美元。Bidding for Lot 8A – “Three Studies of Lucian Freud” – began at $80m, and still had seven prospective collectors vying for a sale when offers reached $100m, to the awe of the crowd that had assembled at Christie’s in New York.
在佳士得(Christie's)纽约拍卖会上，培根的《弗洛伊德肖像画习作》(Three Studies of Lucian Freud)是第8A号拍品，起拍价为8000万美元。令观众大为吃惊的是，价格叫到1亿美元时，仍有7位有心购买的收藏家竞相提高报价。William Acquavella, the New York dealer, eventually bought the three oil-on-canvas panels on the behalf of an unidentified foreign customer.
最终，来自纽约的艺术品交易商威廉?亚克维拉(William Acquavella)，代表一位未透露姓名的外国客户买下了这三幅帆布油画。
Two disappointed bidders, including rival art dealer Larry Gagosian, promptly left the packed room.
两位失望的竞拍者，包括亚克维拉的对手、艺术品交易商拉里?高古轩(Larry Gagosian)，匆匆地离开了拥挤的拍卖厅。The hammer came down at $127m for the paintings, which have never before been offered at auction and depict Lucian Freud, Bacon’s friend and rival, sitting on a wooden chair. The bidder’s premium, traditionally 12 per cent on works over $1m, brought the aggregate price to $142.4m.
拍卖锤在价格叫到1.27亿美元时落下。《弗洛伊德肖像画习作》此前从未拿出来拍卖，画中人物为培根的朋友兼对手卢西安?弗洛伊德(Lucian Freud)。对于1亿美元以上的成交艺术品，通常另付12%的溢价，使最终总成交价达到1.424亿美元。