Black Fire I
Black Fire I is a display of abstract expressionism painted by Barnett Newman, in 1961.[1]
| Black Fire I | |
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| Artist | Barnett Newman |
| Year | 1961 |
Painting Style
Oil on canvas, Color Field painting, (114 x 84 in. 289.5 x 213.3 cm.).[2]
History and Price
Black Fire I was sold to a private collector[3] for $84.2 million ($84,165,000) on 13 May 2014 at Rockefeller Plaza in New York,[4] after a telephone bidding war, exceeding the estimations of $50 million made by the organizing house, Christie’s.
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See also
References
- "Yahoo News". Retrieved June 9, 2014.
- "Christie's". Retrieved September 20, 2014.
- "Black Fire I". Retrieved December 10, 2014.
- "In The Saleroom: Barnett Newman's Black Fire I". Retrieved December 7, 2014.
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