Lichtenstein's Comic Book Nurse Fetches Record $95.4 Million
- Painting from 1964 is part of `Artist's Muse' Christie's sale
- `Nurse' last sold at auction in 1995 for $1.7 million
Lichtenstein's 'Nurse.' Photographer: Katya Kazakina/Bloomberg
Roy Lichtenstein’s comic book-style painting of a nurse fetched $95.4 million at Christie’s on Monday, an auction record for the Pop artist.
The 1964 square canvas, measuring 4 feet tall and 4 feet wide, was estimated at more than $80 million. “Nurse” was part of Christie’s special auction, “The Artist’s Muse,” of paintings and sculptures that were created from the 1860s through the 2000s. The auction in New York continues.