[ti:Basquiat Painting Sells for $110.5 Million] [by:www.51voa.com] [00:00.00]更多听力请访问51VOA.COM [00:00.28]In 1980, American graffiti artist Jean-Michel Basquiat [00:07.88]was selling his drawings for $50 each. [00:13.48]This week, his painting "Untitled" sold in New York for $110.5 million. [00:24.00]Only 10 works of art have sold at auction for more than $100 million. [00:33.08]Basquiat's painting sets a new record for price of a work by an American artist. [00:41.68]An Andy Warhol painting called "Silver Car Crash" was sold in 2013 for $105 million. [00:53.80]The painting "Untitled" is of a skull-like head against a blue background. [01:01.96]It last sold more than 30 years ago for $19,000. [01:10.28]Japanese billionaire Yosaku Maezawa bought "Untitled" [01:15.68]at Sotheby's auction house on Thursday night. [01:20.40]Basquiat was a street artist who became famous in the early 1980s. [01:27.12]He died of a drug overdose in 1987 at the age of 27. [01:36.92]He was known for using bright colors, words and mixed materials in his work. [01:45.40]His art captured the imagination of many artists, [01:50.32]gallery owners and musicians in New York City. [01:56.00]Fans and supporters included Andy Warhol, [02:00.20]David Bowie and gallery owner Larry Gagosian. [02:06.16]At one time, Basquiat's girlfriend was music star Madonna. [02:11.68]Maezawa is a big fan of Basquiat. [02:16.76]He bought another Basquiat painting for more than $57 million last year. [02:25.08]Maezawa said he will loan the painting to museums around the world [02:30.92]before displaying it in his hometown of Chiba, Japan. [02:36.48]"I hope it brings as much joy to others as it does to me, [02:43.08]and that this masterpiece by the 21-year-old Basquiat [02:48.28]inspires our future generations," Maezawa said. [02:54.48]Gregoire Billaut is the auction company's head of modern art. [03:00.68]He said he has never seen so much emotion in a painting. [03:06.54]"He's bringing something never seen before," Billaut said. [03:11.88]I'm Caty Weaver. [03:13.84]更多听力请访问51VOA.COM