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Pablo Picasso, Baigneuse au pouf rouge (1930), sold for $2.64m, more than twice the low estimate at Christie's in New York on May 18 but less than it fetched at auction in 2012.
Agnes Martin Work Sells for $9.22m to Deliver a 3% Annualized Return
Agnes Martin's early grid painting, The Desert (1965), which had a guarantee, sold for $9.22m, more than the low estimate at Christie's in New York on May 18.
Warhol's Double Elvis Sells for $27.09m But Delivers a 26% Negative Return
Andy Warhol's Double Elvis [Ferus Type] (1963), which had a guarantee, sold for $27.09m, more than the low estimate at Christie's New York on May 18, 2026, but $10m less than it fetched at auction in 2018.
Willem de Kooning Work Sells for $12.25m But Delivers a 13% Negative Return
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