英國畫家三聯畫拍出1.424億美元天價
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”.
本週二晚，出生於愛爾蘭的英國畫家弗朗西斯?培根(Francis Bacon)創作於1969年的三聯畫以1.424億美元的價格成交，刷新了藝術品的拍賣紀錄。此前創下紀錄的是愛德華?蒙克(Edvard Munch)的《尖叫》(The Scream)，去年售得1.2億美元。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)紐約拍賣會上，培根的《弗洛伊德肖像畫習作》(Three Studies of Lucian Freud)是第8A號拍品，起拍價爲8000萬美元。令觀衆大爲吃驚的是，價格叫到1億美元時，仍有7位有心購買的收藏家競相提高報價。William Acquavella, the New York dealer, eventually bought the three oil-on-canvas panels on the behalf of an unidentified foreign customer.
最終，來自紐約的藝術品交易商威廉?亞克維拉(William Acquavella)，代表一位未透露姓名的外國客戶買下了這三幅帆布油畫。
Two disappointed bidders, including rival art dealer Larry Gagosian, promptly left the packed room.
兩位失望的競拍者，包括亞克維拉的對手、藝術品交易商拉里?高古軒(Larry Gagosian)，匆匆地離開了擁擠的拍賣廳。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.
拍賣錘在價格叫到1.27億美元時落下。《弗洛伊德肖像畫習作》此前從未拿出來拍賣，畫中人物爲培根的朋友兼對手盧西安?弗洛伊德(Lucian Freud)。對於1億美元以上的成交藝術品，通常另付12%的溢價，使最終總成交價達到1.424億美元。
