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False Start : Jasper Johns




  • Title: False Start
  • Artist: Jasper Johns
  • Year: 1959
  • Oil on canvas - 67 1/4" x 54"
  • Sale Price: $80 million (2006)


- The artwork by Jasper Johns, a rainbow colored pastiche of oils stenciled with the names of various colors was sold in 2006 by the Hollywood mogul David Geffen to private collectors named Anne and Kenneth Griffin (founder of the Chicago-based hedge fund Citadel Investment Group) for a jaw-dropping $80 million, making the art piece the most expensive single painting ever by a living artist.








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