THE ARTS

Cezanne Sets Record: A Paul Cezanne painting, “Still Life With Apples,” was sold for $28.6 million Tuesday night at Sotheby’s New York, breaking the artist’s record of $17.2 million and marking the first time in three years that an artwork has commanded more than $20 million at auction. The painting, which had been valued at about $10 million, was sold to an unidentified telephone bidder after heated competition. “Fatima: the Mulatto,” Henri Matisse’s full-length portrait of a Moroccan woman, also exceeded its $10-million pre-sale estimate when it was sold for $14.3 million. Twenty of the 56 works offered did not find buyers, but Sotheby’s toted up almost $76 million in sales--soaring above its high estimate of $52 million.