Might 10 (Reuters) – Pop artist Andy Warhol’s famed 1964 silk-screen portrait of Marilyn Monroe bought for $195 million at public sale on Monday, a file for a piece by an American artist bought at public sale.
“Shot Sage Blue Marilyn” is one in a collection of portraits Warhol manufactured from the actress following her demise in 1962 and has since grow to be one in every of pop artwork’s best-known items.
Held within the assortment of Swiss artwork sellers Thomas and Doris Ammann, it was bought by Christie’s at an public sale in New York. Pre-sale estimates had reached as excessive as $200 million.
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The portray bought for a hammer worth of $170 million Added charges gave it a remaining worth of $195 million.
The sale broke the earlier file for an American art work at public sale of $110.5 million set in 2017 for a 1982 portray by Jean-Michel Basquiat.
“‘Shot Sage Blue Marilyn’ is absolutely the pinnacle of American Pop,” Alex Rotter, chairman of twentieth and twenty first Century artwork at Christie’s, stated in an announcement asserting the public sale. “The portray transcends the style of portraiture, superseding twentieth century artwork and tradition.”
The portray is constructed on a promotional picture of Monroe from the 1953 movie “Niagara,” screened with vibrant colours over her eyes, hair and lips.
Its title refers to an incident during which a girl shot at a stack of 4 Marilyn portraits in Warhol’s studio with a pistol, though “Shot Sage Blue Marilyn” was not struck by a bullet.
Monroe was one in every of Hollywood’s best-known stars earlier than her demise of an overdose at her residence in Los Angeles on Aug. 4, 1962.
Warhol died in 1987.
( The story corrects remaining sale worth.)
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Reporting by Dan Whitcomb; Modifying by Rosalba O’Brien and Stephen Coates
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