Aniston splashes $450,000 on painting
September 25th, 2011 - 2:40 pm ICT by IANS
Los Angeles, Sep 25 (IANS) Actress Jennifer Aniston has spent a whopping $450,000 to buy an oil painting at the Artists for Haiti auction.
Aniston was at the auction with actor boyfriend Justin Theroux who made the bidding on her behalf. They bought American artist Glenn Ligon’s painting titled - Stranger #44, an abstract work of oil, charcoal and graphite on canvas, reports usmagazine.com.
A witness told Artinfo.com: “Aniston, who was in the room, clapped enthusiastically after (Theroux’s) winning bid.”
At the Artists for Haiti auction, co-organised by actor Ben Stiller, various artists donated their work to help raise funds for quake ravaged Haiti. The auction raised $13,662,000.
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