
An oil painting by Mark Rothko has set a new world record of $22.4m (£12.9m) for any post-war work sold at auction.
The work, entitled Homage to Matisse, was sold at Christie's post-war and contemporary art sale in New York on November 8 evening.
New records were also set for Roy Lichtenstein, Francis Bacon and several other artists.
November 2005