Lichtenstein’s Nurse sets artist’s record

A new auction record came for American pop artist Roy Lichtenstein (1923-1997) when 'Nurse' was knocked down at $85m (£58.6m) at Christie’s cross-category sale entitled The Artist’s Muse earlier this week.

The oil and Magna on canvas from 1964 measured 4ft (1.22m) square and had an unpublished estimate of…

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