{"id":25717,"date":"2022-05-10T07:54:13","date_gmt":"2022-05-10T07:54:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/?p=25717"},"modified":"2022-05-10T07:59:15","modified_gmt":"2022-05-10T07:59:15","slug":"warhols-marilyn-auction-nabs-195m-most-for-us-artist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/archives\/25717","title":{"rendered":"Warhol\u2019s \u2018Marilyn\u2019 auction nabs $195M; most for US artist"},"content":{"rendered":"

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According to Associated Press (AP), Andy Warhol\u2019s \u201cShot Sage Blue Marilyn\u201d sold for a cool $195 million on Monday, making the iconic portrait of Marilyn Monroe the most expensive work by a U.S. artist ever sold at auction.<\/p>\n

The 1964 silkscreen image shows Monroe in vibrant close-up, hair yellow, eye shadow blue, and lips red, on a rich blue background. It\u2019s also the most expensive piece from the 20th century ever auctioned, according to Christie\u2019s auction house in New York, where the sale took place.<\/p>\n

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The Warhol sale unseated the previous record holder and another modern master, Jean-Michel Basquiat, whose 1982 painting \u201cUntitled\u201d of a skull-like face sold for a record $110.5 million at Sotheby\u2019s in 2017.<\/p>\n

Christie\u2019s said an unnamed buyer made the purchase Monday night. When the auction was announced earlier this year, they estimated it could go for as much as $200 million.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s an amazing price,\u201d said Alex Rotter, chairman of Christie\u2019s 20th and 21st-century art department. \u201cLet it sink in, it\u2019s quite something.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\u201cThis is where we wanted to be, clearly,\u201d said Guillaume Cerutti, CEO of Christie\u2019s. \u201cIt proves we are in a very resilient art market.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The proceeds of the sale will go to the Thomas and Doris Ammann Foundation Zurich, which put the painting up for auction. The foundation aims to help children with health care and educational programs.<\/p>\n

Warhol created more than one image of Monroe; this particular painting has been exhibited in museums around the world.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Web Desk: According to Associated Press (AP), Andy Warhol\u2019s \u201cShot Sage Blue Marilyn\u201d sold for a cool $195 million on Monday, making the iconic portrait of Marilyn Monroe the most expensive work by a U.S. artist ever sold at auction. The 1964 silkscreen image shows Monroe in vibrant close-up, hair yellow, eye shadow blue, and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":25719,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1357,7,1469,31,1378],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-25717","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment","category-lifestyle","category-new-york","category-news","category-us"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25717","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25717"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25717\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25720,"href":"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25717\/revisions\/25720"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25719"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25717"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25717"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25717"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}