Andy Warhol's Shot Sage Blue Marilyn has bought for 195 million dollars (£158 million), making it the most costly work by a US artist bought at public sale.
The well-known picture, created in 1964, is a close-up portrait of actress Marilyn Monroe depicted in vibrant block colors, with yellow hair, blue eyeshadow and pink lips on a blue background.
The earlier document was held by Jean-Michel Basquiat, whose 1982 portray Untitled of a skull-like face bought for 111 million dollars (£90 million) at Sotheby's in 2017.
The long-lasting image reveals a detailed up portrait of Monroe, depicted in vibrant block colors.
Warhol's portrait can be the most costly piece from the twentieth century to be bought at public sale, in keeping with Christie's New York, the place it was bought.
It got here to Christie's from the Thomas and Doris Ammann Basis Zurich, to which all proceeds from the numerous sale will go.
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Christie's stated the piece was purchased by an unnamed purchaser on Monday.
"It is an incredible value," stated Alex Rotter, chairman of Christie's twentieth and twenty first century artwork division.
"Let it sink in, it is fairly one thing."
"That is the place we wished to be, clearly," stated Guillaume Cerutti, CEO of Christie's.
"It proves we're in a really resilient artwork market."
Talking forward of the public sale, Georg Frei, chairman of the board of the Thomas and Doris Ammann Basis, stated: "Andy Warhol's image of Marilyn, absolutely now extra well-known than the photograph... on which it's primarily based, bears witness to her undiminished visible energy within the new millennium.
"The spectacular portrait isolates the particular person and the star: Marilyn the lady is gone; the horrible circumstances of her life and demise are forgotten.
"All that is still is the enigmatic smile that hyperlinks her to a different mysterious smile of a distinguished girl, the Mona Lisa."
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