Marilyn Monroe broke the twentieth century art record
A portrait of Andy Warhol by Marilyn Monroe sold for $ 195 million, setting a new record for twentieth-century art and works by American artists.
Theater News Base: The 1964 artwork depicts the face of Marilyn Monroe on a blue background and is one of Warhol’s portraits of the actress after her death in 1962, and has since become one of the most recognizable. Works of pop art have become.
The artwork sold at Christie’s for $ 195 million, up from an earlier estimate of $ 200 million.
The sale of this work of art broke the previous record of a work of art created in the twentieth century, which was previously in the possession of “Pablo Picasso” and a piece of work from the collection “Algerian Women” in 1995, which in 2015 was priced at 179.4 million. The dollar was sold at an additional cost.
Marilyn Monroe’s portrait of Andrew Warhol also set a record for the most expensive American work sold at auction; The record, previously held by Jean-Michel Basquiat in 1982, sold for $ 110.5 million in 2017.
“Warhol’s painting by Marilyn Monroe is the absolute pinnacle of American pop art,” said Alex Rutter, Christie’s 21st-21st Century Art Director, in a statement at the auction. “This painting goes beyond the portrait genre and replaces twentieth-century art and culture.”
This painting is based on Monroe’s advertising photo in the 1953 film Niagara, which shows bright colors on her eyes, hair and lips.
Marilyn Monroe is one of the most famous and outrageous actresses in the history of cinema. Excerpts from the film were included in the 2001 documentary “Marilyn: The Last Days”.
The official cause of death was suicide due to overdose of sedatives and sedatives, but allegations of a conspiracy and a series of mysterious events that led to his death have always been controversial.
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