jan 1, 1992 - Jenny Saville, ‘Propped’, 1992.

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Jenny Saville (1970-) is the most expensive living female artist at auction. In November 2018, history was written when her oil painting Propped sold at Sotheby's for $12.4 million (£9.77 mil). The fleshy and voluptuous self-portrait that challenges the stereotypes of female beauty came from the collection of former MoMA director David Teiger.

But it was not the first time Jenny Saville's works had reached high prices at auction. Already in 2016, Shift had been sold at Sotheby's for £7.09 million, breaking the artist's previous record of £2.21 million.

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