An abstract painting sold for $ 34.2 million

An abstract painting of German painter Gerhard Richter has set a new record for the price paid at auction for a living artist work.

Pictures "Abstraktes Bild (809-4)", was sold for 34.2 million dollars at Sotheby's auction house in London.

Sales broke the previous record set in 2010, for the painting "Flag" Jasper Jons, which Christie's auction house in New