Autoportrait au scorpion by Leonor Fini more than doubles the Argentine-Italian artist's world record at auction

The evening of sales in New York totalled $439.6m, with Basquiat's Versus Medici topping the contemporary art offering at $50.8m and a new record for Leonor Fini

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A powerful self-portrait, Autoportrait au scorpion (1938), by Leonor Fini rounded out the final sale’s highlights, more than doubling the Argentine-Italian artist's world record at auction and the high estimate when sold for $2.3m (with fees)—to an Asian buyer.

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