Jasper Johns' $28.6 Million Flag
Jasper Johns Flag encaustic and printed paper collage on paper laid down on canvas 17½ x 26¾ in. (44.5 x 67.9 cm.) Painted in 1960-1966 Christie's announced that Jasper Johns' painting of an American flag from the collection of writer Michael Crichton sold last night in New York for a record $28,642,500. Jasper Johns Flag encaustic and printed paper collage on paper laid down on canvas 17½ x 26¾ in. (44.5 x 67.9 cm.) Painted in 1960-1966 (detail) Jasper Johns Flag encaustic and printed paper collage on paper laid down on canvas 17½ x 26¾ in. (44.5 x 67.9 cm.) Painted in 1960-1966 (detail) Complete Lot Details at: Christie's Sale Information Sale 2406 Works from the Collection of Michael Crichton 11 - 12 May 2010 New York, Rockefeller Plaza