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Will Lucian Freud's painting "Benefits Supervisor Sleeping" fetch more than £17m--possibly the most expensive painting sold by a living artist?
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/7398949.stm
The 1995 portrait, titled Benefits Supervisor Sleeping, sold for $33.6m (£17.2m) at Christie's in New York.
Background:
Lucian Freud's one-time muse was paid £20 a day to sit for a painting expected to fetch more than £17m.
But Londoner Sue Tilley said she did not do it for the money and had "lovely lunches" with the artist.
Freud's 1995 work, Benefits Supervisor Sleeping, looks set to become the most expensive painting by a living artist when it is sold in New York next month.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/7343999.stm
It will be shown on 11, 14 and 15 April at Christie's in London before being auctioned in New York.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/7342536.stm
Settlement details:As reported by a major mainstream news source.
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Live rates at 2008.05.14 04:53:40 UTC
33,600,000.00 USD = 17,284,882.63 GBP
1 USD = 0.514431 GBP
gingerboi: http://edition.cnn.com/2008/SHOWBIZ/05/13/freud.art/?imw=Y&iref=mpstoryemail diana: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/7398949.stm
The 1995 portrait, titled Benefits Supervisor Sleeping, sold for $33.6m (£17.2m) at Christie's in New York.
Suspend date: Sun 11th May 2008 11:59pm PST
Settlement date: Wed 14th May 2008 1:44am PST
Prediction cut-off: Predictions on this question after Sun 11th May 2008 11:59pm PST have been voided because they were made after the question could be settled details 
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"The painting will be on public view in London for the first time at a special exhibition at Christie's and will go on sale on the other side of the Atlantic as the highlight of Christie's New York Post-War and Contemporary Art Evening Sale on May 13."
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/arts/main.jhtml?xml=/arts/2008/04/11/bbfreud111.xml
Live rates at 2008.05.14 04:53:40 UTC
33,600,000.00 USD = 17,284,882.63 GBP
1 USD = 0.514431 GBP
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