Andy Warhol Marilyn Monroe Painting

Andy Warhol Marilyn Monroe Painting: Christie’s hopes to set a new record for a 20th-century work of art with the auction of a 1964 Andy Warhol portrait of Marilyn Monroe.

“Shot Sage Blue Marilyn”, one of the most iconic works in art history, will go on sale for 200 million dollars in the auction week of May, Christie’s announced Monday at a press conference called without revealing the reason.

Andy Warhol Marilyn Monroe Painting

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This work, which represents a Marilyn with a pink face and yellow hair, and an enigmatic smile, is in the hands of the Thomas and Doris Ammann Foundation in Zurich, Switzerland, and has already been exhibited in the main museums of the world such as the Center Pompidou in Paris, the Tate Modern and the Royal Academy of Arts in London or the Reina Sofía in Madrid, among others.

The foundation aims to help children through educational programs and medical care.

Warhol created more than one image of Monroe; this particular painting has been exhibited in museums around the world.

The famous image of Marilyn Monroe, the American actress and world icon of tragic destiny (1926-1962), belongs to the Thomas and Doris Ammann Foundation of Zurich, Switzerland, which will dedicate the money from the sale to health and education projects destined to improve the lives of minors in the world.

The brothers Thomas and Doris Ammann were the founders of the museum that bears the same name in 1977, one of the most influential and respected spaces in Europe and the world that treasures Impressionist, modernist, post-war and contemporary works.

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