This rare large scale Mao by Andy Warhol sold for $47.5 million.
The November auctions of Impressionist, Modern and Contemporary art and the collection of Alfred Taubman totaled $1.153 billion at Sotheby’s in New York. The company announced today that it will achieve its highest annual sales in these categories in 2015. The Taubman sale achieved $419.7 million; Impressionist and Modern sales on November 5 and 6 achieved $360.1 million and contemporary art on November 12 brought in $373.2 million.
The series included Cy Twombly’s Blackboard painting which, at $70.5 million, was the most highly priced lot sold at Sotheby’s during 2015.