The Battle for a Record-Breaking Kerry James Marshall

'Past Times', the culmination of Marshall’s iconic 'Garden Project' paintings, is the most significant work by the artist to ever come to auction. The monumental canvas ignited a bidding battle during the most recent Contemporary Art Evening Auction, finally hammering down at over $21 Million - quadrupling the artist's auction record.

 

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