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On Tuesday, an unnamed Asian collector bought the massive 7x16 foot (2.5x5 metre) untitled self-portrait from 1982, painted in Italy.
A huge self-portrait by Jean-Michel Basquiat brought $57.3 million at auction in New York Tuesday, a record for the late American artist, Christie's said.
His previous record came in May 2013, when his "Dustheads" sold for $48.8 million.
On Tuesday, an unnamed Asian collector bought the massive 7x16 foot (2.5x5 metre) untitled self-portrait from 1982, painted in Italy.
The young Haitian-American artist, who pictured himself in the work with a demonic image among popping colors, died of a drug overdose at age 27 in 1988.
Spring art auctions in New York began late Sunday and last through Thursday.
The 1,500-odd pieces up for sale this week are expected to bring in more than a billion dollars.
Auguste Rodin's "Eternal Springtime" marble sculpture of lovers fetched more than $20 million Monday, a record for the French sculptor, at Sotheby's in New York.
A statue of Hitler on his knees was auctioned Sunday for $17.2 million, a record for a work by the Italian artist Maurizio Cattelan.
Artists live on forever through their artwork, as evidenced by the hundreds of thousands of people who visited an exhibition for Bosch's paintings, 500 years after his death.
