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Input: Image copyright Reuters Image caption Sean Combs, also known as Diddy, is a rapper, record producer and entrepreneur 
  
 Rapper Sean "Diddy" Combs, also known by his stage names Puff Daddy and P Diddy, has been revealed as the buyer of a Kerry James Marshall painting that fetched $21.1m (£15.6m) at auction. 
  
 The sum is believed to be the most ever paid for a work by a living African-American artist. 
  
 The painting, Past Times, depicts black Americans picnicking, waterskiing and listening to music in a Chicago park. 
  
 It measures up at an imposing four metres (13ft) wide. 
  
 Jack Shainman, Marshall's gallerist and art dealer, confirmed the identity of the new owner. "I know that this work has found a home in a collection with purpose and an eye toward preserving legacy - that of Sean Combs - and that means a lot," he told the New York Times. 
  
 Image copyright Kerry James Marshall/Jack Shainman Gallery Image caption Past Times sold for more than 800 times its 1997 price of $25,000 
  
 Diddy went to Sotheby's auction house to view the picture, according to the paper. 
  
 The painting had been expected to fetch around $8m. In the event, its price was four times higher than the previous record for a work by 62-year-old Marshall. 
  
 Chicago's Metropolitan Pier and Exposition Authority (MPEA) sold Past Times for more than 800 times what it paid in 1997, the year the work was completed. 
  
 The MPEA originally bought the piece for $25,000 from the Los Angeles Koplin Gallery. 
  
 Marshall is known for painting scenes of African-American life. He was born in Alabama, and grew up in south central Los Angeles before moving to Chicago. 
  
 The artist received a MacArthur Foundation genius grant in 1997, and previously taught at the University of Illinois at Chicago. 
  
 The MPEA is required to spend a share of its budget on art for public display, and currently owns more than 100 pieces. 
  
 Past Times had hung in the McCormick Place Convention Centre in Chicago, gradually accruing value. 
  
 Sotheby's said there had been four bidders for the picture. Combs' winning bid was apparently delivered by phone. 
  
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 Jack Shainman, Marshall’s New York dealer, verified to the New York Times that Combs was the work’s buyer. “I know that this work has found a home in a collection with purpose and an eye toward preserving legacythat of Sean Combs, and that means a lot,” Shainman, who has represented Marshall since 1993, told the New York Times. 
  
 The painting, which debuted at the Whitney Biennial in 1997, was sold to the Metropolitan Pier and Exposition Authority in Chicago that same year for $25,000. The thirteen-by-nine-foot canvas, which depicts a black family picnicking in a Chicago park, was displayed in the agency’s McCormick Place convention building for years. 
  
 The hip-hop artist began collecting art in 2011 and was introduced to Marshall’s work by musician and producer Swiss Beatz, who is also a passionate art collector (Combs’s collection also includes works by Andy Warhol, Keith Haring, Ai Weiwei, and Jean-Michel Basquiat). Marshall’s work has received increased recognition lately due to numerous museum shows, including major retrospectives at the Met Breuer in New York and the Museum of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles. “The world is recognizing Kerry James Marshall for the master that he is,” Shainman said. |||||
Output:
The mystery art collector who phoned in the winning $21.1 million bid at a Sotheby’s auction for a painting by African-American artist Kerry James Marshall has been revealed. That someone has turned out to be Grammy Award-winning record producer Sean Combs, aka Diddy, reports Marshall’s long-time art dealer, Jack Shainman. Entitled Past Times, the 13 x 9 foot canvas is a vibrant portrayal of a black family picnicking, boating, and waterskiing in a Chicago park. The hefty purchase price is believed to be the highest ever paid for a painting by a living African-American artist, notes the BBC. The painting was first sold to the Metropolitan Pier and Exposition Authority in Chicago for $25,000 in 1997, reports Artforum. It was expected to fetch about $8 million. Known for his compelling scenes of African-American life, the 62-year-old classically trained painter was born in Alabama and lived in south central Los Angeles and Chicago, where he taught at the University of Illinois at Chicago. The painting will go into Combs' extensive collection, which includes artwork from Keith Haring, Ai Weiwei, Jean-Michel Basquiat, and Andy Warhol. Combs has been collecting art since 2011. "I know that this work has found a home in a collection with purpose and an eye toward preserving legacy—that of Sean Combs, and that means a lot," Shainman tells the New York Times. Combs outbid four other prospective buyers.