Sotheby’s spring contemporary art sales in Hong Kong fall short of those in 2023; there and at Poly Auction’s spring sale, fewer lots were on offer. A Yoshitomo Nara work sold for US$12.2 million.
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From natural wonders like Guairá Falls to literary works from Hemingway and Byron to paintings by Picasso and Renoir, here s a list of just a few priceless things that are gone forever, adapted from an episode of The List Show on YouTube.
1. A Nude Watercolor by August Renoir
Walter Chrysler, Jr., the son of the Chrysler corporation founder, was active in the arts for his entire life. As an adult, he helped develop the collection at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City. But it was a piece he purchased as a teen that got him into some hot water at boarding school. At 14, Chrysler purchased a small painting that featured a nude woman and proudly displayed it in his dorm room. Chrysler’s dorm master apparently found the work obscene, and took the liberty of destroying it. Unlike the vast majority of naked pictures you might find in a teenager’s room, though, Chrysler’s nude was actually painted by Auguste Ren