Paul Allen's Collection Fetches Record $1.5 Billion

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Art amassed los ntawm lig Microsoft cofounder Paul Allen coj ntau dua $ 1 nphom ntawm Christie hnub Wednesday yav tsaus ntuj, teeb tsa cov ntaub ntawv rau cov khoom muaj txiaj ntsig zoo tshaj plaws ntawm ib leeg-tus tswv kos duab puas tau muag ntawm kev sib tw tsuas yog ib hnub rau hauv kev muag ob hnub - ntawm no yog cov khoom twg tau nqa ntau tshaj plaws.

Cov Lus Tseem Ceeb

"Verger avec cyprès” los ntawm Vincent Van Gogh kuj tsoo tus kws kos duab cov ntaub ntawv dhau los, muag rau $ 117.2 lab.

"Maternity II” los ntawm Paul Gauguin paub txog $ 105.7 lab, tsuas yog dhau peb zaug yav dhau los cov ntaub ntawv rau qhov tseem ceeb tshaj plaws ua hauj lwm los ntawm Gaugin muag ntawm auction.

"Birch hav zoov” los ntawm Gustav Klimt tau txais $ 104.6 lab thiab tsoo tus kws kos duab cov ntaub ntawv auction yav dhau los, $ 59 lab nws "Bauerngarten" tau txais hauv 2017.

Dab Tsi Los Saib

lwm 95 artworks ua los ntawm Allen lub sau yuav mus rau auction rau hnub Thursday thaum lub sij hawm ib hnub muag. Cov khoom ntawm kev muag khoom tau kwv yees kom nqa tus nqi qis dua li cov uas muag hnub Wednesday, nrog tus nqi kim tshaj plaws - duab puab los ntawm Claes Oldenburg, "Ntaus ntawv Eraser, Scale X”- xav tias yuav muag ntau li $ 7 lab. Tag nrho cov nyiaj tau los ntawm Allen yuav mus rau Paul G. Allen Family Foundation.

Tus lej Loj

$922.2 lab. Qhov ntawd yog yav dhau los cov ntaub ntawv rau lub cov khoom muaj nqis tshaj plaws muag ntawm auction. Nws tau tsim tsuas yog rau lub hlis dhau los hauv lub Tsib Hlis thaum Manhattan tus tswv vaj tsev nyob hauv Manhattan Harry Macklowe thiab nws tus poj niam yav dhau los Linda tau muag lawv cov khoom kos duab tom qab lawv sib nrauj.

Txaus Ntshai Qhov Tseeb

Qee 20 tus kws ua yeeb yam 'cov ntaub ntawv sib tw tau tawg hnub Wednesday ib leeg, lossis ib feem peb ntawm cov kws ua yeeb yam tshwj xeeb hauv kev muag khoom. Artwork los ntawm Jasper Johns, Andrew Wyeth, Edward Steichen, Jan Breughel tus Hluas, Thomas Hart Benton, Max Ernst, Sam Francis thiab Diego Rivera yog cov neeg ua yeeb yam uas nws cov khoom tau txais tus nqi siab dua ntawm lwm qhov kev sib tw.

Forbes Kev Ntsuas

Peb kwv yees Allen muaj nqis $ 20.3 billion xyoo 2018, xyoo nws tuag. Nws cofounded Microsoft hauv 1975 nrog nws tus phooj ywg thaum yau Bill rooj vag. Tom qab nws tuag, lub luag haujlwm rau nws lub hauv paus tau mus rau nws tus muam, Jody, leej twg tau maj mam muag nws cov cuab yeej cuab tam.

Tus Keeb Kwm Tseem Ceeb

Allen tsis tau pib sau cov duab mus txog thaum ntxov 1990s, tom qab nws tau mus xyuas Tate Modern hauv London thiab pom tau tias nws kuj tuaj yeem muaj cov duab kos duab hauv ntiaj teb, raws li Deborah Gunn, uas yog tus thawj coj ntawm kev kos duab nyiaj txiag ntawm Vulcan, Allen lub tuam txhab kev tswj hwm peev. . Allen saj tau varied thiab nws cov ntawv sau tau nthuav tawm ntau dua 500 xyoo ntawm keeb kwm kos duab, los ntawm Botticelli mus rau McArthur Binion. Nws tau raug kos tshwj xeeb rau pointillism thiab Jasper Johns 'tus lej' series, uas nws tau hais nco nws ntawm coding. Allen kuj nyiam cov toj roob hauv pes thiab scenes ntawm Venice, uas cov auction muaj yim.

Dab Tsi Peb Tsis Paub

Tag nrho qhov loj ntawm daim duab sau Allen muab tso ua ke thaum nws lub neej. Ib tus neeg sau tsis pub leej twg paub, Allen tsis tau tshaj tawm nws cov duab thaum nws tseem muaj sia nyob, thiab txawm tias qhov kev sib tw no ntau dua 150 daim tsis yog daim duab tag nrho, raws li Christie's. Allen muaj artwork uas yuav tsim nyog ib qho nyiaj ntxiv $ 500 lab, kev tshawb nrhiav los ntawm Artnet pom.

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