JUDD TULLY FOR ARTNEWS

Ed Ruscha’s Hurting the Word Radio #2, 1964, sold for $52.5 million.

Making it the top lot at Christie’s sale of Impressionist and modern art on Monday.

Street artists dominated the otherwise unremarkable contemporary art evening sale in London.

It is now the most expensive work by any living artist.

Tuesday’s auction galloped to a market-affirming $349.9 million tally.