Black Fire I is a 1961 oil on canvas abstract expressionist painting by Barnett Newman, completed in 1961.[1][2]

Background

Black Fire I was sold to a private collector[3] for $84.2 million ($84,165,000) on May 13, 2014, at Rockefeller Plaza in New York City,[4] after a telephone bidding war, exceeding the estimations of $50 million made by the organizing house, Christie’s.

See also

References

  1. ^ "Yahoo News". 14 May 2014. Retrieved June 9, 2014.
  2. ^ "Christie's". Retrieved September 20, 2014.
  3. ^ "Black Fire I". Retrieved December 10, 2014.
  4. ^ "In The Saleroom: Barnett Newman's Black Fire I". Retrieved December 7, 2014.


Allikas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Fire_I
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