Francis Bacon’s rent cheque painting Study from the Human Body, Man Turning on the Light which sold for £8,084,500 ($16,371,113 / €11,528,497). © Christie's Images Ltd. 2007

LONDON.- Christie’s Post War & Contemporary Art Evening Sale including Double Vision held on 14 October 2007 totalled £39,810,200 ($80,615,655 /€56,769,345), the highest ever total for Christie’s October Post War & Contemporary Art sale in London and double the previous total for this sale of £19 million in 2006. Strategically timed during a week when the world’s focus is on international contemporary art in London, the sale was led by Francis Bacon’s rent cheque painting Study from the Human Body, Man Turning on the Light which sold for £8,084,500 ($16,371,113 / €11,528,497).

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