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ANDY WARHOL (Pittsburgh, USA, 1928 - New York, USA, 1987)."Marilyn Monroe", 1967.Silkscreen on paper, copy 7/250.Numbered on the reverse. Hand signed on the reverse.Good condition.Provenance: Private collection, Madrid. Belongs to the property since the 1970s.Measurements: 91.4 x 91.4 cm, 96.5 x 96.5 cm (frame).In 1964, Andy Warhol made a series of five silkscreen prints of Marilyn Monroe, named Shot Sage Blue Marilyn. It belongs to a series of four screenprints (originally five) on 1 metre by 1 metre canvas made in Warhol's studio, The Factory, located on 47th Street in Manhattan, New York.The story behind the peculiar title states that one day Dorothy Podber, a friend of the studio's official photographer, Billy Name, was there when she saw the portraits of Marilyn stacked one against the other. Dorothy then asked Warhol if she could "shoot" them, a word that is also used in English to refer to taking a photograph. Warhol assumed the latter and agreed. To his surprise, Dorothy took a small revolver out of her handbag and shot the silkscreens, which thereafter became known as The Shot Marilyns. The fifth portrait was not in the stack to which Dorothy directed the single bullet fired.Of the five silkscreens originally created, the blue one was bought in 1967 by Peter Brant (a media and film entrepreneur) for $5,000; the red one by Philip Niarchos for $4.1 million; the orange one by Kenneth C. Griffin for an assumed price of over $200 million in 1998; and the turquoise one by Steve Cohen in 2007 for over $80 million.In 1967, Warhol again produced 10 series, with one colour attributed to each and a print run of 250 copies. One of these graphic works is the one that concerns us, the blue series being the most highly valued and quoted at international auctions.At the auction on 9 May 2022, Christie's sold the Blue Marilyn for 170 million dollars, making it the highest-priced 20th century work of art ever sold at public auction.Andy Warhol Andrew Warhola, commonly known as Andy Warhol, was an American visual artist, filmmaker and music producer who played a crucial role in the birth and development of pop art. Considered in his time a guru of modernity, Warhol has been one of the most influential artists of the 20th century. He is now represented in the world's most important contemporary art museums, including MoMA, the Metropolitan and Guggenheim in New York, Fukoka in Japan, the Kunstmuseum in Basel, the National Museum of 21st Century Art in Rome, MUMOK in Vienna, SMAK in Ghent and the Tate Gallery in London, as well as in the museums that bear his name in Pittsburgh and Medzilaborce (Slovakia).
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