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A Jackson Pollock painting, Number 7A, 1948, sold for $181.2 million at Christie’s in New York, setting a new auction record for Pollock and highlighting a day of high-value results that also saw Brâncuşi, Rothko, Miró and Klimt achieve record prices.
Christie’s New York auction hauled in $1.1 billion in one evening, led by Brancusi’s Danaïde at $107.6 million and Pollock’s Number 7A, 1948 at $181.2 million, with Nicole Kidman starring in a promotional video for Danaïde as part of the Newhouse collection push—signaling a rebound in the top tier of the art market, even as buyers and observers note lingering questions about sustainability and the market’s long-term health.
Jackson Pollock's Number 7A, 1948 sold for $181 million at Christie's in New York, setting a new record for the artist and ranking as the fourth-most expensive work ever sold at auction; the sale from SI Newhouse's private collection included a Brancusi sculpture that fetched $107.6 million, the second-highest price for a sculpture at auction. Pollock's drip technique helped define abstract expressionism, and the previous pollock auction record was $61.2 million for Number 17, 1951 in 2021.
Christie’s in New York sold Jackson Pollock’s Number 7A, 1948 for $181.2 million and Constantin Brancusi’s Danaïde, from around 1913, for $107.6 million from the S.I. Newhouse collection, marking a high-end market rally as estates unlock prized works and set new records at the auction house.
A 70-year-old man from Pollock, Louisiana, named Ronald Alfred Bryan, has been arrested and charged with felony and misdemeanor offenses, including assaulting law enforcement, for his involvement in the breach of the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021. Bryan was identified through open-source videos where he was seen using a wooden pallet as protection, taking a riot shield from a police officer, and attempting to breach the police line. He later bragged about his actions and encouraged others to assault officers. This arrest brings the total number of individuals arrested for crimes related to the Capitol breach to over 1,106.