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Warhol's Marilyn Monroe painting sold for record-breaking US $195 million

Warhol's Marilyn Monroe painting sold for record-breaking US $195 million
“Shot Sage Blue Marilyn,” a 1964 Andy Warhol silkscreen, was auctioned at Christie’s on Monday night. [Photo: Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc./Artists Rights Society (ARS), NY; Jeenah Moon for The New York Times]

An iconic painting of Marilyn Monroe by Andy Warhol has been auctioned for US $195 million - making it the most expensive piece of 20th Century art ever sold.

The painting, Shot Sage Blue Marilyn, was painted by Warhol in 1964 using a famous photograph as inspiration.

The amount is also the highest ever paid for an American work of art.

[Source: BBC]

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