Iconic Marilyn Monroe image by Andy Warhol coming to auction
Andy Warhols 1964 Shot Sage Blue Marilyn.displayed during a press preview March 21, 2022 in New York. - The iconic Andy Warhol silk-screen portrait of Hollywood starlet Marilyn Monroe is headed to Christies in New York later this spring for $200 milliona record asking price for any artwork at auction. (Photo by TIMOTHY A. CLARY / AFP) (Photo by TIMOTHY A. CLARY/AFP via Getty Images)
NEW YORK (AP) — An iconic image of Marilyn Monroe created by Andy Warhol is coming to auction, with Christie’s auction house estimating the price at around $200 million.
The silkscreen image is known as “Shot Sage Blue Marilyn.”
It’s a close-up of Monroe with her hair in yellow, her eyeshadow blue and her lips red.
It is slated to be part of a week of sales in May.
If it met the sale estimate, the 1964 painting would be the most expensive 20th-century artwork to be auctioned.
The proceeds of the sale will go to the Thomas and Doris Ammann Foundation Zurich.
The foundation helps children with health care and educational programs.