Basquiat's 'Versus Medici' Fetches $50.8 Million USD in Sotheby's Auction

Sotheby's concluded its Contemporary Art Evening Sale this past Wednesday night, achieving a total profit of $218.3 million USD. Topping the hundreds of lots sold is a 1982 mixed media painting entitled Versus Medici by Jean-Michel Basquiat which snapped up $50.8 million USD -- going just a tad above its high pre-sale estimate of $50 million USD. The work serves as self-portrait of the artist as a royal figure as Basquiat drew inspiration from the anatomical masterworks of Renaissance greats suc...