A Jasper Johns flag was auctioned for over $ 10 million

Tuesday, March 9, 10:49 Los Angeles (USA), 10 mar (EFE) .- One of the banners created by Jasper Johns, from the collection of the novelist Michael Crichton, could exceed $ 10 million bid in the auction house Christie's is scheduled for May, Efe said yesterday the company. The book is a rarity in the career of little neat Johns, who took six years (1960-1966) in shape by combining paper newspaper, wax and oil paint. Titled "Flag" is one of the few U.S. flags color made by the artist and is considered one of the first symbols of pop art that Andy Warhol popularized. "We have not yet determined the estimated price but said it will sell well above the $ 10 million. The flags are the most iconic of Johns's career and are very slim, "said Laura Paulson, vice president of contemporary art after World War II, Christie's. The auction will take place on May 11 in New York with with other works belonging to Crichton, known novelist and filmmaker who was also an avid collector. The pieces on display from March 5 until the next day 12 at the headquarters of Christie's in Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, and among all three stand also Pablo Picasso Picasso's paintings, which sell between 6 and 8 million dollars and several creations of Warhol and Roy Lichtenstein. Crichton, who died in October 2008, was a personal friend of John's when both lived in Los Angeles, a relationship that resulted in admiration and the subsequent acquisition of his work. In total will go on sale 50 works, including "Femme à la Robe Rose" (1917) and "Femme et Fillette" (1961) by Picasso and as "Figures in Landscape" (1977), Lichtenstein, and "Mao" by Andy Warhol. Crichton was a popular writer of best-selling "and throughout his life he sold over 150 million books worldwide with titles like "Jurassic Park," "Disclosure" and "The Andromeda Strain". Average (Not Rated)