Andy Warhol's Marilyn Monroe portrait sold for record USD 195 million
Hindustan TimesA Marilyn Monroe portrait by Andy Warhol was sold at $195 million at the auction house Christie's in New York on Monday. Warhol's painting received the highest price for any American work of art sold at auction 'One of the greatest paintings of all time' "Shot Sage Blue Marilyn" by the pop artist "is the absolute pinnacle of American Pop," according to Alex Rotter, Chairman of 20th and 21st Century Art at Christie's. The 1964 silk-screen "Shot Sage Blue Marilyn" is "a universally recognized image burned into the collective conscience — the modern Mona Lisa," according to the Christie's website. When Sam Hunter included "Shot Sage Blue Marilyn" on the cover of his seminal textbook, Modern Art: Painting, Sculpture, Architecture, Warhol's portrait became one of modern art's most familiar icons.
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