“Shot Sage Blue Marilyn” has set a record as stunning as the actress it depicts.
One of Andy Warhol’s many silkscreened representations of Marilyn Monroe was auctioned by Christie’s in New York for $195 million. The price, which includes fees, is the highest for a 20th century artwork sold at auction and the highest for an American artwork, topping the $179.4 million mark in 2015 for Pablo Picasso’s “Les Femmes d’Alger (Version O)” and $110.5 million in 2017 for a 1982 painting by Jean-Michel Basquiat.
The name of the buyer of “Shot Sage Blue Marilyn” was not announced.
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