Silk-screen of Hollywood screen symbol beats record set for twentieth century work by Picasso’s Women of Algiers in 2015
Pop craftsman Andy Warhol’s acclaimed 1964 silk-screen picture of Marilyn Monroe has sold for $195m, turning into the most costly twentieth century fine art at any point sold at a public closeout.
Shot Sage Blue Marilyn is one of a progression of representations Warhol made of the entertainer following her demise in 1962 and has become one of pop craftsmanship’s most popular pieces.
It sold for precisely $195.04 million, including charges, in only four minutes in a packed room at Christie’s central command in New York on Monday. Its gauge was $200m.
“‘Shot Sage Blue Marilyn’ is the outright zenith of American Pop,” Alex Rotter, administrator of twentieth and 21st Century workmanship at Christie’s, said in an assertion reporting the closeout. “The artwork rises above the class of likeness, overriding twentieth century craftsmanship and culture.”
The deal beat the past record for a twentieth century work, Pablo Picasso’s Women of Algiers, which sold for $179.4m in 2015.
Warhol put together the work with respect to a special photograph of Monroe from the 1953 film Niagara, laying brilliant varieties over her eyes, hair and lips.
Warhol passed on in 1987.