Marlene Dumas Painting Sells for $13.6 M. at Christie’s, a Record for a Living Female Artist

A Marlene Dumas painting hammered for $13.6 million during a Christie’s sale tonight, making the South African painter the most expensive living female artist at auction.The painting, titled Miss January (1997), had an estimate of $12 million to $18 million, just about ensuring that it would break a record. It was also a last-minute consignment from the collection of the Rubell Family, which regularly appears on the ARTnews Top 200 Collectors list. It also had a third-party guarantee.The D