David Hockney has smashed the auction record for a living artist after his Portrait of an Artist (Pool with Two Figures) sold at Christie’s in New York.
Portrait of an Artist (Pool with Two Figures) (Yui Mok/PA)
The 1972 painting, said to feature his former partner Peter Schlesinge, sold for $90.3 million (£70.6 million).
Here are some of the other works of art which have collected record sums.
Jeff Koons – Balloon Dog (Orange) – $58.4 million (£45.7 million)
Gerhard Richter – Abstraktes Bild – $46.4 million (£36.4 million)
Jasper Johns – Flag – $36 million (£28.2 million)
Ed Ruscha – Smash – $30.4 million (£23.8 million)
Christopher Wool – Untitled (Riot) – $29.9 million (£23.4 million)
List of top-selling works by living artists after Hockney breaks record
