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Originally posted by The Old Man:
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Originally posted by wine+art:
The top 5 of the night were, Newman, Bacon, Rothko, Warhol & Warhol. These 5 alone sold for more than $334M.

Just to clarify, none of these 5 works were Modern or Contemporary pieces.

I'll bite.

OM, not sure I understand the comment. Are you asking about my comment about genre? If so...

Newman was a Color Field painter with Abstract Expressionism leanings. Bacon was a Surreal Figurative painter. I think of Rothko as an Abstract Expressionist with Color Field leanings, and then there is the King of Pop, the great Warhol.

Modern is truly from 1906-1956, and contemporary is just that. I understand the terms/genres are thrown around rather loosely, but it drives me nuts.

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