Douglas Kirkland, Who Took Portraits of Movie Stars, Dies at 88 His many memorable shots included one of his earliest assignments and probably his most famous: Marilyn Monroe in bed, wrapped in a silk sheet.
When a Warhol for $225 Has More Heft Than One for $195 Million 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.
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.
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.