ARTINFO - Ivan Ivanovich Shishkin’s "The Forest Clearing" (1896) sold to a telephone bidder for $3,177,000 (est. $1–1.4 million), an auction record for the artist.

Ivan Ivanovich Shishkin’s "The Forest Clearing" (1896) sold to a telephone bidder

for $3,177,000 (est. $1–1.4 million), an auction record for the artist.

Courtesy Christie’s Images Ltd.