Rabbit sells for $91.1m, a record for living artist

NEW YORK - A sculpture by US artist Jeff Koons sold on Wednesday for $91.1 million at an auction organized by Christie's in New York - a record price for a living artist.

Rabbit, a stainless steel casting of an inflatable rabbit, was the star of the auction house's spring sale and overtook the previous record set by British painter David Hockney's Portrait of an Artist (Pool with Two Figures), which sold in November at Christie's for $90.3 million.

It was a return to the top for Koons, 64, whose Balloon Dog (Orange) for five years held the record for highest price reached at auction for a living artist's work after its 2013 sale for $58.4 million.