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Rare Kandinsky Painting Sells for $21M
It centers on one of his common motifs, a knight with a lance on horseback.
In Photos: Expensive Items
A rare Expressionist painting by Wassily Kandinsky, "Studie zu Improvisation 3, 1909", was auctioned for $21,157,438 on June 18 in London by Christie's. It was the most expensive item sold of 44 lots in the "Impressionist and Modern Art Evening Sale". In Nov. 2012, Kandinsky's "Studie für Improvisation 8, 1909" set a record for the artist when Christie's sold it for $23 million. (Christie's Auction House)
