A silk-screen Warhol portrait of Marilyn Monroe from the 1960s is being auctioned by Christie’s this spring, with a starting figure of $200 million. That’s the highest asking price for any work of art at auction.
If you happen to be in the market for a work by Andy Warhol, be prepared to spend big money. As in nine-figures big.
Who was Andy Warhol, in the first place? Even if you think you know nothing about art, you are probably familiar with Warhol . Born in Pittsburgh and trained as a commercial artist, he helped create a style, known as pop art, that took the flashy sensibilities associated with the advertising world and used them to inform works worthy of hanging in a gallery or museum. Warhol’s “Campbell’s Soup Can” paintings, first showcased in 1962, were among his early landmark statements in this vein.
What’s special about this Andy Warhol Marilyn Monroe painting now going up for auction? Obviously, the work, titled “Shot Sage Blue Marilyn,” has a double cachet — being both a Warhol painting, and a portrait of an iconic American actress. It’s also plenty colorful, done in shades of pink, ruby and, yes, blue. And it has a bit of an odd history — it’s part of a series of Monroe portraits that Dorothy Podber, a visitor to Warhol’s studio, decided to fire upon as a kind of performance-art stunt.
The Warhol “Marilyn” portrait is making history for having the highest asking price for any artwork at auction, as it’s going on the auction block for $200 million. It remains to be see just how much the winning bidder will shell out for the portrait this May.
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Iconic Marilyn Monroe image by Andy Warhol coming to auctionNEW YORK (AP) — An iconic image of Marilyn Monroe created by Andy Warhol is coming to auction, with Christie’s auction house estimating the price at around $200 million. The silkscreen image known as “Shot Sage Blue Marilyn,' a close-up of Monroe with her hair in yellow, her eyeshadow blue and her lips red, is slated to be part of a week of sales in May, Christie's said Monday.
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