On June 29, 2020, Sotheby's sold Francis Bacon's artwork "Inspired by the Oresteia of Aeschylus" for 84.55 million U.S. dollars. That was the highest price realized recorded at an auction sale between January and July 2020. Roy Lichtenstein's "Nude with Joyous Painting", sold by Christie's on July 10, 2020, recorded the second-highest price realized, namely 46.2 million U.S. dollars. The price realize is the final auction price, including both the hammer price and the buyer's premium.
Leading art auction performances worldwide from January to July 2020, by price realized (in million U.S. dollars)
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ArtPrice.com. (March 17, 2021). Leading art auction performances worldwide from January to July 2020, by price realized (in million U.S. dollars) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved April 11, 2021, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/296283/top-art-auction-results-by-hammer-price/
ArtPrice.com. "Leading art auction performances worldwide from January to July 2020, by price realized (in million U.S. dollars)." Chart. March 17, 2021. Statista. Accessed April 11, 2021. https://www.statista.com/statistics/296283/top-art-auction-results-by-hammer-price/
ArtPrice.com. (2021). Leading art auction performances worldwide from January to July 2020, by price realized (in million U.S. dollars). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: April 11, 2021. https://www.statista.com/statistics/296283/top-art-auction-results-by-hammer-price/
ArtPrice.com. "Leading Art Auction Performances Worldwide from January to July 2020, by Price Realized (in Million U.S. Dollars)." Statista, Statista Inc., 17 Mar 2021, https://www.statista.com/statistics/296283/top-art-auction-results-by-hammer-price/
ArtPrice.com, Leading art auction performances worldwide from January to July 2020, by price realized (in million U.S. dollars) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/296283/top-art-auction-results-by-hammer-price/ (last visited April 11, 2021)