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Pablo Picasso's canvas "Femme assise près d'une fenêtre (Marie-Thérèse)" was the most expensive lot sold by auction house Christie's in 2021. The artist's oil painting, sold during a 20th century evening sale in New York, recorded a price realized of 103.4 million U.S. dollars, the highest figure for any work sold at auction that year. Meanwhile, Beeple's "Everydays: The First 5000 Days" was the most expensive lot by a living artist sold by Christie's in 2021. The artwork, a digital collage stored on the Ethereum blockchain as a non-fungible token (NFT), was sold on March 2021 in the first major auction of Most expensive lots sold by Christie's at auction sales worldwide in 2021, by price realized (in 1,000 U.S. dollars)
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Christie's. (2021). Most expensive lots sold by Christie's at auction sales worldwide in 2021, by price realized (in 1,000 U.S. dollars). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: May 02, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1222821/most-expensive-lots-sold-by-christie-s-globally-by-price-realized/
Christie's. "Most Expensive Lots Sold by Christie's at Auction Sales Worldwide in 2021, by Price Realized (in 1,000 U.S. Dollars)." Statista, Statista Inc., 20 Dec 2021, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1222821/most-expensive-lots-sold-by-christie-s-globally-by-price-realized/
Christie's, Most expensive lots sold by Christie's at auction sales worldwide in 2021, by price realized (in 1,000 U.S. dollars) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1222821/most-expensive-lots-sold-by-christie-s-globally-by-price-realized/ (last visited May 02, 2024)
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