No matter how up on postwar art you are, you'll find wild cards here.
He added, "We believe this is the largest acquisition of postwar art by any museum, ever."
Then it split postwar and contemporary art into two evening sales.
Together they made auction history: the most successful sale of postwar and contemporary art ever.
In the 1980's he built up a major collection of postwar American and European art.
And he has meant too much to postwar art to be written off without serious consideration of his achievement.
And spend they did at the company's sale of postwar art.
It was the first time Christie's had devoted a sale to postwar art.
Greater interest in postwar and contemporary art is also evident this season.
Like some of the best postwar art, her fossils seem to speak both to the past and future.