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  • WARHOL’S WHITE MARILYN AT CHRISTIE’S, NEW YORK

    warhol marilynAndy Warhol’s White Marilyn, 1962, one of the most iconic portraits created by the artist and recognized as one of the finest examples of his Death and Disasters series comes up at Christie’s in New York on May 13.  Created immediately after Monroe’s death in 1962 it is estimated at $12-18 million. The work was one of eight Marilyns selected for Warhol’s first one-man exhibition at Eleanor Ward’s Stable Gallery in New York in 1962, and was once part of her personal collection.

    Compared to the perfectly coiffed media propagated publicity images of the actress, in White Marilyn she appears touched by humanity, and transcends reality to become a modern Saint. Warhol dedicated this work to Ward and expressed his gratitude scattering hearts on the reverse of the painting. Warhol gave Mint Marilyn to Jasper Johns, Gold Marilyn Monroe and Blue Marilyn were acquired by Phillip Johnson and Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Barr before being gifted respectively to the National Gallery of Arts in Washington, and the Princeton University Art Museum.” declared Laura Paulson, Christie’s Chairman and International Director for Post-War and Contemporary Art.

    UPDATE: THIS SOLD FOR $41,045,000 in the highest grossing sale in art history which brought in $744 million.

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