Artist Andy Warhol’s famous print “Shot Sage Blue Marilyn” sold for $195 million at Christie’s charity auction on the 9th, setting a record for the most expensive art auction in the United States and the second most expensive painting in auction history. Second to Leonardo da Vinci’s “Salvator Mundi”.
About the origin of Shot Sage Blue Marilyn, one of four silk prints created in 1964, presented in a vibrant contrasting style, inspired by Marilyn Monroe’s 1953 film Niagara, which began after her death Start creating.
One day, performance artist Dorothy Podber went to visit Andy Warhol and asked if he could “Shoot” his work. Andy Warhol thought it was a camera and “Shoot” and agreed. Unexpectedly, Dorothy Podber took out a pistol and opened it at the painting. The gun, which happened to be the only one with a turquoise background, was spared, and finally Andy Warhol successfully repaired the injured work.
According to the New York Post, the amount officially broke the previous record of Brooklyn-based artist Jean-Michel Basquiat, whose untitled painting published in 1982 was sold at Sotheby’s New York auction in 2017 and sold for $110 million make a deal. Interestingly, before Jean-Michel Basquiat set the record, Andy Warhol’s “Silver Car Crash (Double Disaster)” led the way with $105.4 million in 2013.
This masterpiece was finally won by the American art tycoon Larry Gagosian. The Swiss foundation Thomas and Doris Ammann Foundation Zurich, who commissioned the auction, will use the proceeds for global children’s health care and education projects. Interested readers should pay attention.