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Pop artist Andy Warhol’s portrait of Marilyn Monroe is now the most expensive piece of artwork by an American artist ever sold at auction, after the colorful silk screen sold for a record-breaking $195 million including fees on Monday.
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“Shot Sage Blue Marilyn” surpassed the previous most expensive piece of art by an American to sell at auction, a $110.5 million painting by Warhol’s own friend and frequent collaborator Jean-Michel Basquiat that was snapped up by Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa at a Sotheby’s auction in 2017.
The portrait also shattered the previous record for a work by Warhol
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