Bidder in Asia buys Basquiat painting from 1982 for $85M
May 19, 2022 at 01:52 AM EDT
A 16-foot-wide, red-and-peach painting by Jean-Michel Basquiat sold for $85 million in New York on Wednesday. It was sold to an Asian telephone bidder after Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa put it up for sale.