/ world today news/ Francis Bacon’s painting “Reflection of a Writing Man” was sold at the Sotheby’s auction for $44.9 million, AR reported.
The artist’s work was the highlight of the auction program. Estimates for the painting ranged between $30 million and $40 million until the bidding began. The same preliminary estimate was given to Roy Lichtenstein’s The Sleeping Girl, which also sold for 44.9 million, making The Sleeping Girl the highest-selling Lichtenstein painting.
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