NEW YORK, March 21 (Reuters) – A portrait of actress Marilyn Monroe by Nineteen Sixties pop icon Andy Warhol will go up for public sale in Could with an estimated worth of $200 million, which might set a report, Christie’s introduced on Monday.
The work, “Shot Sage Blue Marilyn,” “is poised to be the costliest portray of the twentieth century ever offered at public sale,” stated Alex Rotter, Christie’s chairman of twentieth and twenty first century artwork.
The 1964 likeness of Monroe’s face screenprinted with vibrant yellow hair, a pink face and lightweight blue eyeshadow, is one in all 5 work Warhol manufactured from Monroe.
Andy Warhol’s “Shot Sage Blue Marilyn”, a portray of Marilyn Monroe, is pictured on show at Christie’s Public sale Home upfront of the piece going up for public sale within the Manhattan borough of New York Metropolis, New York, U.S., March 21, 2022. REUTERS/Carlo Allegri
Warhol “used a screening method on these work, on this portray, that he by no means used once more. It was manner too difficult, manner too concerned,” stated Rotter.
The work comes from the Thomas and Doris Ammann Basis in Zurich. All of the proceeds of the sale will profit the muse, which is devoted to enhancing the lives of kids all over the world.
“The sale of this single portray will represent the very best grossing philanthropic public sale for the reason that assortment of Peggy and David Rockefeller in 2018,” stated Christie’s American Chairman Marc Porter.
Christie’s says the very best worth paid for a Warhol was for the portray “Silver Automobile Crash (Double Catastrophe),” which offered for $105 million in 2013.
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