The silkscreen image known as Shot Sage Blue Marilyn is expected to sell for around $200m (£151m), according to auction house Christie's
Andy Warhol's Shot Sage Blue Marilyn will be auctioned by Christie's in New York in MayA famous image of Marilyn Monroe created by Andy Warhol is on track to become the most expensive 20th century artwork ever auctioned.
The work - a close-up of Monroe with her hair in yellow, blue eyeshadow, and bright red lips - was created in 1964. The screen-printing technique he used was a departure from the mass production techniques he was best-known for.Each was painted on a background of different colours - red, orange, blue, sage blue , and turquoise.
The fifth painting - the one with the turquoise background - was not in the stack, and escaped any damage.The bullet hole was repaired after the painting - and three others - were shot by a performance artistThe sage blue painting has been exhibited in museums around the world and is being offered for sale by the Thomas And Doris Ammann Foundation Zurich.It was Swiss gallerist Thomas Ammann who bought the painting, for an undisclosed amount, in the early 1980s.
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