(CNN) — A painting by artist Francis Bacon sold for $142,405,000 on Tuesday, breaking the record as the most expensive piece of art ever auctioned, according to a statement from the auction house.
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The painting was part of a record-breaking auction that grossed $691,583,000, the highest total for an auction sale in art market history, according to Christie’s. The sale of Post-War and Contemporary Art broke 10 auction records with three pieces sold for more than $50 million, 11 for over $20 million and 16 for over $10 million. Painting bought in $46 lot worth $390,000Jeff Koons’s “Balloon Dog” fetched $58.4 million, a record for any piece of art sold at auction by a living artist.The previous record for a work of art sold at an auction was Edvard Munch’s “The Scream,” painted in 1895. It sold for more than $119 million dollars in 2012 at Sotheby’s New York, according to the statement.Bacon’s previous record for his work was more than $86 million for another triptych painted in 1976 and sold in 2008 at Sotheby’s New York, according to the statement.