Post-War

I work, says Alexandre Carel, the baby-faced 27-year-old head of Christie's Post-War and Contemporary Art department in Paris.

A Prodigy, Poised to Sell Megan M. Garwood 2011

The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts/ARS, New York/Christie's Images Two of Andy Warhol's self-portraits, including the one above, from 1986, sold for more than $20 million Wednesday at Christie's Post-War and Contemporary evening sale.

Warhol Helps Christie's Break the Bank Kelly Crow 2011

The following year, during a volatile time for art sales, he solidified his New York bona fides by bringing in Jean-Michel Basquiat's "Mater" for $5.9 million in the Post-War and Contemporary evening sale and Tamara de Lempicka's "Portrait de Madame M" 1932 for $6.1 million, a world-record price for the artist, in the Impressionist and Modern evening sale.

A Prodigy, Poised to Sell Megan M. Garwood 2011

Atop the closest mound of books is a volume titled: Shaping the Post-War World: The Clearing Union.

Currency Chaos: Where Do We Go From Here? Judy Shelton 2010

The auction house's evening sale of Post-War and Contemporary art fetched an impressive £61.4 million $99 million - the highest London result in the category since June 2008 and well above the £51.8 million pre-sale high estimate.

Warhol Self-Portrait Sells For $17.4 Million At Auction Nicole Campoy-Leffler 2011

His contributions thereby laid the foundation for a school of Post-War French economists who analyzed the con­ditions for an efficient use of resources in large public monopolies (such as Electricité de France and SNCF, the state railway system,).

The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel 1969-2006 2010

"It is easy for people to shine when business is booming, but to come through like that when older and more experienced people were finding business-getting very difficult, is to me a real accomplishment," said Robert Manley, who runs Christie's Post-War and Contemporary Art department in New York.

A Prodigy, Poised to Sell Megan M. Garwood 2011

The auction house's evening sale of Post-War and Contemporary art fetched an impressive £61.4 million $99 million - the highest London result in the category since June 2008 and well above the £51.8 million pre-sale high estimate.

Warhol Self-Portrait Sells For $17.4 Million At Auction Nicole Campoy-Leffler 2011

Emily Waldorf: You started out as a Post-War and contemporary art dealer and then became an influential artist.

Emily Waldorf: Nail Polish, Rauschenberg, and Jesus: An Interview with Artist Paul Rusconi 2010

Emily Waldorf: You started out as a Post-War and contemporary art dealer and then became an influential artist.

Emily Waldorf: Nail Polish, Rauschenberg, and Jesus: An Interview with Artist Paul Rusconi 2010