英画家特纳巨作以2000万英镑创拍卖记录

摘要：
　　日前，英国画家特纳的油画（《珠玳卡岛》）在拍卖行以2000万英镑的价格售出，打破了英国画作拍卖价格的世界记录。
　　A Turner masterpiece（Giudecca, La Donna della Salute and San Giorgiol） has sold at auction for ?20m, breaking the world record for a British painting.

　　这幅巨作在克里斯蒂拍卖行的成交价为20496908英镑（约合35856000美元），打破了1990年由英国画家康斯特布尔的画作《锁》创下的1200万英镑的世界记录。据悉，《珠玳卡岛》是由纽约州圣弗朗西斯Assisi基金会送拍的。

　　特纳的这幅《珠玳卡岛》描绘的是威尼斯风景的。有100多年历史的《珠玳卡岛》被描述为克里斯蒂拍卖行自1989年以来出现的最古老的艺术珍品。它是特纳于1841年为英国皇家美术院展览会所绘制的3幅油画之一。特纳根据1840年一次去威尼斯旅行所创作的系列水彩画完成了《珠玳卡岛》。

　　The artwork made $35,856,000 (?20,496,908) at Christie's in New York. The record for the most expensive British painting had been held by Constable's The Lock. It sold for ?12m in 1990. The painting was put up for sale by the St Francis of Assisi Foundation in New York State.

　　The Venice painting, last seen at public auction more than 100 years ago, also blew away the world record for a Turner.

　　It is based on a series of watercolours he painted on his last trip to Venice the year before.

　　It is one of three oil paintings produced by the artist for the Royal Academy of Arts Exhibition of 1841.

　　'Giudecca' is described as the finest Old Master to be sold at Christie's in New York since 1989.

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