Andy Warhol’s Marilyn Monroe portrait soon to be the most expensive work of art of the 20th century?
An iconic portrait of actress Marilyn Monroe by Andy Warhol goes under the hammer in New York in what could be a historic auction.
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New York.The annual spring auctions in New York start on Monday (local time) with a record-breaking auction. According to the auction house Christie’s, the portrait “Shot Sage Blue Marilyn” of actress Marilyn Monroe, made by US artist Andy Warhol, could bring in around 200 million dollars – making it the most expensive work of art of the 20th century ever auctioned.
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The work, created on the basis of a photo, which shows the actress in front of a turquoise-blue background with yellow hair, red lips and turquoise eye shadow, is no less than “one of the greatest paintings of all time” and “the most important picture of the 20th century,” said the auction house.
The Warhol painting will probably set the record for Leonardo da Vinci’s painting “Salvator Mundi”, which dates from around the early 16th century and sold at auction in 2017 for $450.3 million, making it the most expensive work of art ever sold at auction do not beat. But if it really fetches around $200 million, it could eclipse Pablo Picasso’s The Women of Algiers, which fetched $179.4 million at auction in 2015.
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