Warhol’s Marilyn smashes auction record
 
Andy Warhol’s iconic portrait of Marilyn Monroe fetched a record $195m, making it the most expensive piece of 20th century art ever sold at auction. It was also the highest price for an American work of art

“Shot Sage Blue Marilyn” (1964)
   
Picasso’s “Women of Algiers”, which fetched $179.4m in 2015, holds current auction record for 20th century painting


MOST EXPENSIVE ARTWORKS     Auction   Private sale
Artist 			Title 					Year of sale 	Price
Leonardo da Vinci 	Salvator Mundi (c.1500) 		2017 		$450.3m
Willem de Kooning 	Interchange (1955) 			2015 		~$300.0m
Paul Cézanne 		The Card Players (1893) 		2011 		$250.0m
Paul Gauguin 		When Will You Marry? (1892) 		2014 		$210.0m
Jackson Pollock 	Number 17A (1948) 			2015 		$200.0m
Rembrandt               The Standard Bearer (1636)              2022            $198.0m
Andy Warhol             Shot Sage Blue Marilyn                  2022            $195.0m
Mark Rothko 		No. 6 (Violet, Green and Red) (1951) 	2014 		$186.0m
Gustav Klimt 		Water Serpents II (1904) 		2013 		$183.8m
Rembrandt 		Pendant portraits...* (1634) 		2016 		$180.0m
Pablo Picasso 		Women of Algiers “Version O” (1955) 	2015 		$179.4m
Amedeo Modigliani	Nu couché (1918) 			2015 		$170.4m
  
*Pendant portraits of Maerten Soolmans and Oopjen Coppit


Source: Christie’s 
Pictures: Getty Images, Christie’s 
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