Self-Portrait

The star of the sale, Andy Warhol's £ 10.7 million "Self-Portrait" from 1967, wound up selling to the artist's American dealer, Larry Gagosian, who bested bids from major Warhol owner Jose Mugrabi and an unknown telephone bidder.

Christie's Auction Gets Warhol Boost Kelly Crow 2011

One of the highest-profile disputes involved a London filmmaker, Joe Simon , who sued the board four years ago after it refused to vouch for his purported Warhol "Self-Portrait."

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Christie's also got $27.5 million for Warhol's last "Self-Portrait" from 1986, better known as a "fright wig" work because the artist stares out hauntingly from beneath his signature spiky hairpiece.

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On view in a single, graciously proportioned gallery are 22 paintings, drawings and prints—11 works each by Degas and Rembrandt—including Rembrandt's shadowy, bust-length "Self-Portrait as a Young Man" c. 1628-29 from the Alte Pinakothek in Munich and Degas's self-portrait of about 1857-58 from the J.

One Master Mines Another Jonathan Lopez 2011

In an auction season that has so far been unkind to pieces not classified as masterpieces, he remains confident in the New York market and in Wednesday's sale, which will include privately collected works by such marquee names as Mark Rothko, Francis Bacon and Andy Warhol, whose "Self-Portrait" 1963-64 is expected to fetch up to $30 million.

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The resulting group, "Self-Portrait," reveals the young artist at his jaunty best, posing in black sunglasses and a trench coat.

Warhol Helps Christie's Break the Bank Kelly Crow 2011

Christie's Andy Warhol's 1963-64 'Self-Portrait' sold for $38.4 million at Christie's.

Sales Spin Warhol Silkscreens Into Gold Kelly Crow 2011

His Pop silkscreens from 1963-64 garnered the top prices at each of the three houses, with Christie's getting $38.4 million for his "Self-Portrait"; Phillips $27 million for "Liz No. 5"; and Sotheby's $20.2 million for "Sixteen Jackies."

Sales Spin Warhol Silkscreens Into Gold Kelly Crow 2011

Christie's got $25.2 million for his 1974 "Three Studies for Self-Portrait," hitting its $25 million estimate with Christie's fees included.

Warhol Helps Christie's Break the Bank Kelly Crow 2011

Alte Pinakatothek 'Self-Portrait as a Young Man' (c. 1628-29) by Rembrandt The Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute 'Self-Portrait' (c. 1857-58) by Edgar Degas The son of a wealthy banker, Degas dutifully enrolled in law school in 1853, at the age of 19, but lasted only one year before yielding to a passion for art.

One Master Mines Another Jonathan Lopez 2011