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Basquiat Painting Sells for $110.5 Million

1. In 1980, American graffiti artist Jean-Michel Basquiat was selling his drawings for $50 each. This week, his painting “Untitled” sold in New York for $110.5 million.

graffiti artists 涂鸦艺术家，涂鸦大师

drawings 绘画作品

2. Only 10 works of art have sold at auction for more than $100 million.

10 works of art 10副艺术品

3. Basquiat’s painting sets a new recordf or price of a work by an American artist. An Andy Warhol painting called “Silver Car Crash” was sold in 2013 for $105 million.

price of a work 一副作品的价格

artists 艺术家

4. The painting “Untitled” is of a skull-like head against a blue background. It last sold more than 30 years ago for $19,000.

The painting “Untitled” is of a skull-likehead against a blue background.

这幅名为《无题》的作品是蓝色背景下一个骷髅头。

5. Japanese billionaire Yosaku Maezawa bought"Untitled" at Sotheby’s auction house on Thursday night.

billionaire 亿万富翁

Sotheby’s auction house 苏富比拍卖会

6. Basquiat was a street artist who became famous in the early 1980s. He died of a drug overdose in 1987 at the age of 27.

a street artist 一位街头艺术家

7. He was known for using bright colors, words and mixed materials in his work. His art captured the imagination of many artists, gallery owners and musicians in New York City.

using bright colors 运用明亮的色彩

mixed materials 混合材料

in his work 在他的作品当中

8. Fans and supporters included Andy Warhol, David Bowie and gallery owner Larry Gagosian. At one time, Basquiat's girlfriend was music star Madonna.

fans and supporters 他的粉丝和支持者

9. Maezawa is a big fan of Basquiat. He bought another Basquiat painting for more than $57 million last year.

sb. is a big fan of sb. 谁是谁的忠实粉丝

10. Maezawa said he will loan the painting to museums around the world before displaying it in his hometown of Chiba, Japan.

around the world 世界各地

display it in his hometown 陈列在他的故乡

11. "I hope it brings as much joy to others as it does to me, and that this masterpiece bythe 21-year-old Basquiat inspires our future generations," Maezawa said.

brings joy 带来快乐

masterpiece 杰作，作品

inspire our future generation 鼓励我们的下一代

12. Gregoire Billaut is the auction company’s head of modern art. He said he has never seen so much emotion in a painting.

“He’s bringing something never seen before,” Billaut said.

modern art 现代艺术

see so much emotion in a painting 在画作中见识到这么多的感情

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