Friday, April 07, 2006

The ChronicleHerald.ca-"Turner masterpiece sets sales record

The ChronicleHerald.ca: "Turner masterpiece sets sales record

NEW YORK (AP) — A Venice canal scene by J.M.W. Turner sold for $35.8 million US at Christie’s on Thursday, setting an auction record for a work by a British artist.

The painting, Giudecca, La Donna della Salute and San Giorgio, from 1841, was bought by a private collector bidding over the telephone.

It was sold by the St. Francis of Assisi Foundation,"
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