NEW YORK (AP) -- A painting of actress Bea Arthur topless has sold for $1.9 million at a New York City auction. The painting is by artist John Currin and is titled "Bea Arthur Naked." It sold at ...

It’s Golden Girls . . . gone wild! A topless painting of actress Bea Arthur — famous for her role as Dorothy on the TV show “Golden Girls” — sold for $1.9 million last night at a ...

A topless painting of actress Bea Arthur sold for $1.9 million at auction in New York on Wednesday night. The 1991 painting by artist John Currin, called "Bea Arthur Naked," was expected to fetch ...

Reportedly, Arthur did not sit for the artist herself despite the high price tag afforded to the piece. Currin is an artist highly sought by certain collectors, so the hefty sum is understandable ...

A 1991 painting depicting actress Bea Arthur baring her — um, golden girls — sold for nearly $2 million at an auction in Manhattan Wednesday night. The John Currin creation, aptly named “Bea ...

By Erin Carlson Naked Bea Arthur Painting CROP - P 2013 If Bea Arthur were alive today, the late, great actress — who suffered no fools as Dorothy Zbornak on The Golden Girls — might roll her ...

2002 marked her last appearance on the stage; her solo show, Bea Arthur on Broadway. Beatrice Arthur gained fame as Maude Findlay on CBS' All in the Family, and subsequently a television show of ...

She wasn't known as a sex symbol, but a nude painting of Bea Arthur just sold for nearly $2 million in a Christie's auction. INSIDE EDITION has the surprising story. She's the actress best known ...

Ten years ago today, the beloved Golden Girl portrayed by Bea Arthur left this earth — leaving us with lots of joyful memories and tons of laughter. She also left us with some rumors about ...

Update: This story is from 2013. NEW YORK (AP) -- A painting of actress Bea Arthur topless has sold for $1.9 million at a New York City auction. The painting is by artist John Currin and is titled ...

By Erin Carlson Naked Bea Arthur Painting CROP - P 2013 John Currin‘s controversial portrait of a topless Bea Arthur has sold for $1.9 million in a record-breaking Christie’s auction that ...