Matisse sold at auction was $22 million.

November 07, 2007
A painting by a impressionist master fetched a record price at Christie's auction house in Midtown yesterday.

An oil on canvas work by Henri Matisse sold at Christie's for $33.6 million – the highest price ever paid for a Matisse.

Painted in 1937, the work was purchased by an unidentified buyer. The previous record for a Matisse sold at auction was $22 million.



Source:

• http://www.ny1.com/ny1/content/index.jsp?stid=8&aid=75376

This is horrible! Russians are ignorant about impressionists like Renoir, Matisse & Picasso? How dreadsful?

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