Unlike the Christie’s retread, the Pop Master’s 1962 “Green Marilyn” was crudely silk-screened, with blotches that convey the decay of a fallen star. It was a pathbreaking original.
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Warhol’s ‘Marilyn,’ at $195 Million, Shatters Auction Record for an American Artist
At Christie’s sale for charity, the glamorous silk-screen beat out Basquiat’s skull painting that had set a record in 2017.
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Warhol’s $200 Million ‘Marilyn’ Could Test Art Market’s Health
The painting is poised to wrest the auction high for an American artwork from Jean-Michel Basquiat.
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New York City Eliminates the Rules That Govern Art and Other Auctions
Auction houses like Sotheby’s and Christie’s will no longer need to be licensed as part of a sweeping package designed to promote a business-friendly climate.
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‘Washington Crossing the Delaware’ Will Be Sold at Auction
It’s a smaller version of the giant painting at the Met in New York, and it hung in the White House for years. Christie’s thinks it could sell for at least $15 million next month.