More than a dozen works from the collection of late casino billionaire Elaine Wynn are headed to Christie's, but its crown jewel—which she bought from Christie's for what at the time (2013) was the most ever paid for an artwork at auction—is going to LACMA:
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Christie’s expects Elaine Wynn’s collection to bring $75m, while her record-breaking Bacon triptych goes to Lacma
Wynn, who died in April, owned trophy works by Lucian Freud, Richard Diebenkorn, Joan Mitchell and others