Wednesday, May 12, 2010

Jasper Johns' $28.6 Million Flag


Jasper Johns
Flag
encaustic and printed paper collage on paper laid down on canvas
17½ x 26¾ in. (44.5 x 67.9 cm.)
Painted in 1960-1966

Christie's announced that Jasper Johns' painting of an American flag from the collection of writer Michael Crichton sold last night in New York for a record $28,642,500.


Jasper Johns
Flag
encaustic and printed paper collage on paper laid down on canvas
17½ x 26¾ in. (44.5 x 67.9 cm.)
Painted in 1960-1966
(detail)



Jasper Johns
Flag
encaustic and printed paper collage on paper laid down on canvas
17½ x 26¾ in. (44.5 x 67.9 cm.)
Painted in 1960-1966
(detail)


Complete Lot Details at:
Christie's Sale Information
Sale 2406
Works from the Collection of Michael Crichton
11 - 12 May 2010
New York, Rockefeller Plaza

posted by Gregg Chadwick at 9:28 AM

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