Mark Rothko's Orange, red, yellow has been sold for $86.9 million (£53.8m) - the highest price ever fetched by a piece of contemporary art at auction.
The 1961 painting went under the hammer at Christie's in New York.
The auction house said the sale's total takings - $388.5m (£240.5m) - exceeded the previous record for a contemporary art auction, set in 2007.
Mark Rothko work sold for record $86.9m at auction
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