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Identity unveiled - the secretive phone buyer beyond the evening sale of Christie's Post-War and Con...
Art Stuff 13 May 2016

Yusaku Maezawa, Mystery Basquiat Bidder at Christie's, Goes Public
Identity unveiled – the secretive phone buyer beyond the evening sale of Christie’s Post-War and Contemporary Art at a total of $318 million is actually the Tokyo entrepreneur and founder of the Contemporary Art Foundation, Yusaku Maezawa. Also the owner of the online retail website Zozotown, Yusaku set a record high with Jean-Michel Basquiat painting that went worth $57.3 million.
Photo via blourinartinfo

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