Multimillion-Dollar Frank Auerbach to Be Sold by the UK’s National Crime Agency
02-05-2024 20:35 via artnews.com

Multimillion-Dollar Frank Auerbach to Be Sold by the UK’s National Crime Agency

A painting by the British artist Frank Auerbach from his lauded “Albert Street” series is slated to hit the auction block after having been recovered by UK authorities from money launderer Lenn Mayhew-Lewis, according to the Guardian.Mayhew-Lewis bought the picture, which the UK’s National Crime Agency says could be worth “millions of pounds,” in 2017 for £1.6 million. Later, another unidentified person used the work as collateral to secure a &p
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