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Record-Setting Franz Marc Tops Christie’s $334 M. Sale in Shanghai and London
ARTnews
Angelica Villa
March 1, 2022


Franz Marc, The Foxes, in a viewing room at Christie's 20/21 Shanghai to London sale preview, New York, NY, February 4, 2022.
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The work which fetched the highest price on Tuesday was a Franz Marc painting from 1913 that was the the subject of a closely watched restitution case. It came to the sale after being returned from a German museum to the heirs of its former owner, the Jewish businessman and banker Kurt Grawi, in January 2021. The painting, titled Die Füchse (Foxes), sold for a a final price of £42.7 million ($57 million)...