Starve a fever, feed a cold. Christie's International applied
this homespun remedy to the thawing art market on Wednesday by
packing 84 artworks into its major sale of Impressionist and
modern art in New York, up from a typical 50.  A look at some of
the art up for auction, and what it sold for. Christie  The move
paid off: Christies's found buyers for a majority of the
offerings, bringing in $231.4 million and falling within its
$199 million to $287 million pre-sale expectations. Rival
Sotheby's sold $227 million worth of art at a smaller sale on
Tuesday.  The largest piece in Christie's sale also became its
biggest hit: Henri Matisse's 6-foot-tall bronze woman with a
long ponytail from 1930, "Back IV," sold to New York dealer
Larry Gagosian for $48.8 million. The work set a new record the
artist at auction and exceeded its $35 million high estimate.
Mr. Gagosian won the work following a 10-minute, three-way
bidding war between fellow dealer Bob Mnuchin and a telephone
bidder.  Discretionary sellers played a