$2 Million in Two Minute Bidding Battle for Alice Neel's 'Gerard Malanga' | Sotheby's

A battle unfolded for Alice Neel's evocative portrait, 'Gerard Malanga,' culminating in a noteworthy sale of $2.2 million at Sotheby's Contemporary Evening Auction, presented in partnership with Celine.
Held in the same private collection for over two decades, 'Gerard Malanga' has been extensively and internationally exhibited, notably included in her monumental traveling retrospective in 2022-23 at the Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris; Barbican Art Gallery, London; and Munch Museum, Oslo.
Born of Social Realism, Neel’s timeless mastery lies in her ability to lay bare the vulnerabilities of her sitters, and her painterly enterprise renders representation-both in her commitment to figuration and progressive racial and sexual activism-as relevant as ever.
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1148 Tue 21/05/24
BREAKING NEWS....christies brought back social commentary online...and realised sotheby's doing better on viewing ratings and PR, Publicity, People Person Skills..🇬🇧❤️🇬🇧..well done sotheby for being ahead of the game...💪👍❤️🇬🇧

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1704 Tue 15/05/24
...alice is very good at painting lifelike in a unique caricature sort of way...

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I wouldn't buy that in Zimbabwe dollars. 😂

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