Pop artist Andy Warhol’s famed 1964 silk-screen portrait of Marilyn Monroe bought for $195 million (€185 million) at public sale on Monday, a report for a piece by an American artist bought at public sale.
“Shot Sage Blue Marilyn” is one in a collection of portraits Warhol fabricated from the actress following her loss of life in 1962 and has since turn out to be one in all 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.
The portray bought for a hammer worth of $170 million. Added charges gave it a closing worth of $195 million.
The sale broke the earlier report for an American art work at public sale of $110.5 million set in 2017 for a 1982 portray by Jean-Michel Basquiat.
#AuctionUpdate Andy Warhol’s ‘Shot Sage Blue Marilyn’ breaks the #WorldAuctionRecord for the costliest twentieth century work bought at public sale; worth realized $195 million pic.twitter.com/kOrIIaeT7J
— Christie’s (@ChristiesInc) May 10, 2022
“‘Shot Sage Blue Marilyn’ is the absolute pinnacle of American Pop,” Alex Rotter, chairman of twentieth and twenty first Century artwork at Christie’s, mentioned in a press release saying the public sale. “The painting transcends the genre of portraiture, superseding 20th century art and culture.”
The portray is constructed on a promotional photograph of Monroe from the 1953 movie “Niagara,” screened with vibrant colours over her eyes, hair and lips.
Its title refers to an incident by 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 all Hollywood’s best-known stars earlier than her loss of life of an overdose at her dwelling in Los Angeles on August 4th, 1962.
Warhol died in 1987.