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Post by Tennesseer on May 9, 2022 21:06:30 GMT -5
Warhol’s ‘Marilyn,’ at $195 Million, Shatters Auction Record for an American ArtistAt Christie’s sale for charity, the glamorous silk-screen beat out Basquiat’s skull painting that had set a record in 2017.  Maybe the image is not racy, like the one of Marilyn Monroe with her dress flying up in the movie “The Seven Year Itch,” but on Monday night it became the priciest. In under four minutes of bidding, Andy Warhol’s 1964 silk-screen of the actress’ face, “Shot Sage Blue Marilyn,” sold for about $195 million to an unknown buyer at Christie’s in New York, making it the highest price achieved for any American work of art at auction. “We did sell the most expensive painting of the 20th century,” said the Christie’s specialist Alex Rotter. “This is a big achievement.” The 40-inch-by-40-inch painting, a trophy given its vibrant colors and glamorous subject matter, eclipsed the previous high price of $110.5 million for a Basquiat skull painting at Sotheby’s in 2017 as well as Warhol’s auction high for a car crash painting that sold for $105.4 million in 2013. The sale on Monday kicked off a spring auction season in a city that has only begun to return to normal after two years of the coronavirus pandemic. Christie’s salesroom at Rockefeller Center was filled with the familiar faces of dealers and art advisers who clearly welcomed the opportunity to bid on blue-chip artworks in person again. “There is a lot of appetite, there is a lot of money and there is a lot of quality,” said the Austrian gallerist Thaddaeus Ropac, who was at the sale. “With all these things, it should work.” Rest of article here: Warhol’s ‘Marilyn,’ at $195 Million, Shatters Auction Record for an American Artist
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Post by Opti on May 9, 2022 22:02:38 GMT -5
I'm surprised.
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Post by Tennesseer on May 10, 2022 16:31:04 GMT -5
In 100 years, I think the Warhol picture will only be worth a fraction of the $195 million auction price as few will know who Marilyn Monroe was.
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Post by NoNamePerson on May 10, 2022 16:58:57 GMT -5
In 100 years, I think the Warhol picture will only be worth a fraction of the $195 million auction price as few will know who Marilyn Monroe was. They will know as long as there is Google  100 years from now there will be a painting sold and the headlines will scream "beat bid/sale for Warhol picture of Marilyn Monroe" and off to whatever the main search engine is that day. Heck, they may be back to smoke signals  |
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