Jean-Michel Basquiat`s painting `Jim Crow` sells for $17.7 million at Christie`s Paris
(Artdaily.org)

Christie’s FIAC week sales continued with a packed sale room for the evening auction of the Regards Croisés: Collection Jean-François & Marie-Aline Prat, which realised a stunning €36,5M/£32,8M/$43M selling 91% by lot and 98% by value. In his first time on the Parisian rostrum, Global President Jussi Pylkkanen sold 32 important works of art, including the Basquiat’s 1986 painting Jim Crow which sold for €15M becoming the most expensive artwork by the artist sold in France. Paul Nyzam, Head of Sale: “It has been a real honor to work with Marie-Aline Prat for the past year organising this exceptional sale. Tonight’s evening auction marked a new turning point for Christie’s France Post-War & Contemporary art department. Collections of such a high quality can be counted of the fingers of one hand, and the exceptional results realised illustrate how important this family has been