in the flesh: Sotheby's Co-Chairman of Impressionist & Modern Art Worldwide, David Norman, with Kees Van Dongen's Jeune Arabe
At the Sotheby's Impressionist & Modern Art sale on Tuesday night,
Kees Van Dongen's colorful 1910 canvas Jeune Arabe, easily outsold its estimate of 7-10 million dollars.
It was acquired by an anonymous phone bidder for a surprising $13,802,500.
The overall feeling of the night seemed to reflect the fervor and electricity in the air of former times,
notwithstanding the global economic crisis. The sale netted an incredible total of
$181,760,000 for the auction house, a sum far more comely than that of the
Christie's Impressionist & Modern evening sale held on the same night.
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