Gerhard Richter

Wayne Thiebaud, Detail of Toweling Off, 1968. Oil on canvas; 29 7:8 x 23 ¾ in.
Thiebaud's Rise in Price Verifies Late-Career Trends at Auction
Wayne Thiebaud’s painting of a young tennis player sold for almost  $8.5 million on May 13, 2021, nearly five times the Christie’s estimate of $1.2–1.8 million.