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Cox Collection at Christie's, November 11th
The auction of the Cox Collection as part of the 20/21st Century Sales raised a total of $332 million at Christie's, almost double the expected almost $180 million. Among the top modernist works from the collection of oil billionaires Edwin and Ann Cox, which the auction house advertised under the label “History of Impressionism”, a work by Vincent van Gogh achieved the highest price. The painting "Log cabin between olive groves and cypresses" was created in 1889 during van Gogh's stay at the Hôpital de Saint-Paul-de-Mausole near Saint-Rémy and was the top lot of the evening with a result of around 71 million dollars.
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