Andy Warhol’s “Marilyn” portrait sells for record-setting $195 million
Andy Warhol’s 1964 silk-screen portrait of Marilyn Monroe fetched a cool $195 million at a Christie’s auction on Monday night, becoming the most expensive work of American art ever to go under the hammer.
Among his most recognizable works, the print is one of five “Shot Marilyns,” which skyrocketed into art infamy after artist Dorothy Podber asked Warhol if she could “shoot” the silk-screens in his studio. He agreed, thinking she’d pull out a camera. Instead, Podber whipped out a gun and fired a shot at the portraits, stacked against a wall. “Shot Sage Blue Marilyn” was one of the works undamaged by the bullet.
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