Sensational result of "Black fire I" of Barnett Newman at Christie's on may 13 made it to 8th place in our rating of the most expensive works of world of art sold on the open market

84,165 million dollars, paid for the work "Black fire I" of Barnett Newman at Christie's on may 13, made it to 8th place in our the ranking of the most expensive works of world art, sold at a public rince@

Record of the work of Barnett Newman's "Black fire I" was a complete surprise Christie's auction on may 13, 2014 — not even the fact itself of the record, as to what amount was able to walk the contenders in the battle of the rates. The previous most expensive work of abstract artist, "Onement VI" was worth 43.8 million dollars (Sotheby's, 14.05.2013; estimate 30-40 million), i.e. a new record is almost two times higher than this result. The estimate of "Black fire", by the way, were not disclosed, so we don't know precisely how he had been exceeded. One thing is clear: abstraction Newman on the art market came to one price level with the works of his closest ally in the group of artists, known as "color field painting", — Mark Rothko@

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