Friday, November 03, 2006

Pollock work 'earns record price'

A work by Jackson Pollock has become the most expensive painting sold, at a price of about $140m (£73m).

Unnamed art experts said that US media magnate David Geffen had sold the 4ft by 8ft work, No 5, 1948, to Mexican financier David Martinez.

The reported price exceeds the $135m (£71m) paid in June for a 1907 portrait by Austrian artist Gustav Klimt.

The Pollock work features the US artist's famous drip-and-pour style.

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