Doig painting to sell for record £21m
An oil painting by the Scottish artist Peter Doig, inspired by the classic horror film Friday The 13th, is expected to fetch more than £21 million at auction later this year.
Edinburgh-born Doig, 62, painted Swamped in 1990, just before he graduated from Chelsea College of Art and Design and won the prestigious Whitechapel Artist Prize.
It will be a highlight of Christie’s New York Marquee Week next month.