Andy Warhol masterpiece from Death And Disaster series sells for £72 million

Andy Warhol masterpiece from ‘Death And Disaster’ series sells for £72 million (Sotheby’s/PA)

Andy Warhol’s masterpiece White Disaster (White Car Crash 19 Times), has sold for £72 million, one of the highest prices ever achieved for a work by the artist at auction.

The rare work from the US artist’s celebrated Death And Disaster series garnered almost a third of the total sum raised by an evening of contemporary sales at Sotheby’s on Wednesday night.