Andy Warhol's Marilyn Monroe portrait, a 1964 silkscreen image titled “Shot Sage Blue Marilyn,” is now the most expensive work by a U.S. artist ever sold at auction. FOX13
A woman takes a photo of Andy Warhol's 'Shot Sage Blue Marilyn' during Christie's 20th and 21st Century Art press preview at Christie's New York on April 29, 2022, in New York City. Andy Warhol's "Shot Sage Blue Marilyn" 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 Warhol sale unseated the previous record holder and another modern master, Jean-Michel Basquiat, whose 1982 painting "Untitled" of a skull-like face sold for a record $110.5 million at Sotheby’s in 2017.The Banksy art piece, "Love is in the Bin," which originally shredded itself upon being sold the first time, was just sold again at Sotheby's for a world record of nearly $22 million. The name of the buyer was not immediately released.
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