The portrait of Marilyn Monroe ‘Shot Sage Blue Marilyn’ by genius Andy Warhol has met expectations and officially become the most expensive artwork of the 20th century. At a recent auction held by Christie’s that lasted only four minutes, an unknown buyer paid $195 million for it. Although this amount is five million dollars less than estimated, the auction house stated that they are more than satisfied with the achieved amount. – This is the highest price for a work by any artist from the 20th century. It is a tremendous achievement – they told foreign media from Christie’s.
Broken Records
Warhol has thus surpassed his own record – his work ‘Silver Car Crash (Double Disaster)’ was sold in 2013 for $105.4 million, and the value of Basquiat’s painting ‘Untitled (Skull)’ sold by Sotheby’s in 2017 for $110.5 million. Shot Sage Beauty, according to experts from Christie’s, is the pinnacle of American pop, transcending the portrait genre and embodying the art and culture of the 20th century. – Warhol’s Merlinka stands in significance alongside Botticelli’s Venus, Da Vinci’s Mona Lisa, and Picasso’s Les Demoiselles d’Avignon – they stated from Christie’s. The owners of the sold artwork, the Swiss foundation Thomas & Doris Ammann Zurich, promised to donate the amount to education and healthcare projects for children around the world.
