安迪·沃霍爾　自畫像　

　　在5月12日晚的蘇富比拍賣場上，焦點集中于安迪·沃霍爾1986年完成的作品《自畫像》（Self Portrait），作品拍得32,600,000美元，高出最高股價15,000,000的兩倍。在同一場拍賣上，羅斯科的一件作品也成為眾人關注的對象。整場拍賣的總額為189,969,000美元。

　　出售這件作品的是時尚設計師、導演、收藏家托米·福德（Tom Ford），其中有6為買家競拍這件作品，最終，一位不知名的購買者通過電話買下這件作品。

　　沃霍爾一生都在作自己的自畫像，這次拍賣的這件作品完成于藝術家逝世之前一年，在黑色的背景中是藝術家自己深紫色的頭像，頭上戴著假發，憂郁的眼睛直視著觀者。沃霍爾一共制作了5件這樣尺寸的作品，每一張的背景色彩都不一樣，其中匹茲堡博物館（Museum in Pittsburgh）收藏兩件，一件是黃色的，一件是藍色的背景。 Fort Worth當代美術館（The Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth）藏有一幅綠色背景的；而藏家Peter M. Brant 則擁有一件紅色的作品。

　　在同一場拍賣中，馬克·羅斯科的一件紅色的無題抽象畫也成為拍賣焦點，這件作品完成于1961年，作品最終拍得31,400,000美元，作品的估價為18,000,000-25,000,000美元，羅斯科作品的出售者是一位墨西哥金融家David Martinez，而買得這件作品的同樣也是一位不知名的人士，通過電話購得。

Purple Warhol and Red Rothko Go for Lots of Green at Sotheby’s

At Sotheby’s on Wednesday night all eyes were on a 1986 painting by Andy Warhol, “Self Portrait,” which sold for $32.6 million, more than twice its $15 million high estimate.

The seller was Tom Ford, the fashion designer, movie director and collector; the buyer, one of six bidders, bid by telephone through Gregoire Billaut of Sotheby’s Paris.

Warhol created self-portraits throughout his career. In this painting, made a year before his death, he is posed against a purple background wearing his signature fright wig and staring hauntingly straight at the viewer. He made five versions in this large format – it is nine feet square – each with a different background color. The Andy Warhol Museum in Pittsburgh has two, one yellow, the other blue. The Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth has a green one; and Peter M. Brant, the newsprint magnate, has a red one.

One of Mark Rothko’s untitled abstract red canvases, this one from 1961, also went for a high price: $31.4 million, also to a telephone bidder. The painting was estimated to bring $18 million to $25 million. David Martinez, a Mexican financier, was the seller.