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.
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.
