Georg Baselitz is universally recognized as one of the most famous and productive German artists. A great twentieth-century neo-expressionist painter, celebrated by the great international public for his oeuvre characterized by paintings with head-first figures that express an overturning of the traditional logic. The optical effect thus achieved is of paintings that at first impression seem abstract but, looked at more carefully, they reveal their true nature of figurative pictures.
In Baselitz’s artistic career the year 1965 was very important, as his studies took him to Florence, fascinating city which made him become passionate about the graphical art of Italian Mannerism.

The Contemporary Art Evening Sale, which took place on 14th May at Sotheby’s New York, was a record auction from every point of view. Firstly, for its turnover: 362,037,000 dollars, well above the best estimates which expected the auction to realize between 288.1 million and 354.7 million dollars. This is the second best result ever achieved in the world for a contemporary art auction and the most important sale in the history of Sotheby’s. 73 lots of the 83 presented were sold and represented 86.8% of the works by value.