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Art, Warhol's Marilyn stars at Sotheby's

Andy Warhol fashion show at Sotheby's in New York with an exceptional godmother: Marilyn Monroe in ten colors sold for about 1 million and seven hundred dollars.

Art, Warhol's Marilyn stars at Sotheby's

After an initial success in October dedicated to graphic works, the same interest in the "Print" auction from Sotheby's New York which with a catalog of 386 lots has achieved a total of 11.740.941 USD.

In the catalog the best known and most awaited names of modern and contemporary art, from the Impressionists to Pop Art: Josef Albers, Francis Bacon, Peter Blake, Marc Chagall, Salvator Dalì, Willem De Kooning, Edgar Degas, Marcel Duchamp, Lucian Freud, Paul Gauguin, Alberto Giacometti, George Grosz, Damien Hirst, Jasper Johns, Wassily Kandinsky, Roy Lichtenstein, Henri Matisse, Giorgio Morandi, Edvard Munch, Emil Nolde, Camille Pissarro, Alfred Sisley, Frank Stella, Cy Twombly, Victor Vasarely, Andy Warhol, Tom Wassermann and many others.

Top Lots the beautiful Marilyn Monroe di Andy Warhol enclosed in a folder of 10 colored “screnprints” portraits from 1967 (estimate 1.400.000-1.800.000 USD) sold to dollars 1.650.500; and many more all top lots all of Warhol with Mao (F.&S II.90-99) (estimate 400-800 thousand USD) awarded to dollars 722.500, Flowers (F.&S 64-73) (estimate 350-550 thousand USD) awarded to dollars 614.500, Endangered Species (F.& S. II 293-302) (estimate 400-500 thousand USD) awarded a dollars 482.500, Myths (F.& S. II 258-267) (estimate 400-600 thousand USD) awarded to dollars 434.500The Scream (After Munch) (F.&S. IIIA.58) (estimate 250-350 thousand USD) awarded to dollars 302.500, Ten Portraits of Jews of the Twentieth Century (F.&S.II 226-235) (estimate: 150-200 thousand USD) awarded to dollars 266.500.

Follow March Chagall with Daphnins and Chloe (M.308-49; Cramer Books 46) (estimate 300-400 thousand USD) awarded to dollars 290.500; Roy Lichtenstein with the work Two Nudes (C.384) (estimate 120-180 thousand USD) awarded to dollars 194.500 e Nude with yellow pillow (C.283) (estimate 100-150 thousand USD) awarded to dollars 134.500; Jasper johns with Ale Cans (Ulae 20) (estimate 140-180 thousand USD) awarded to dollars 170.500; Richard Diebenkorn with blue surround (estimate 80-120 thousand USD) awarded to dollars 116.500; Edgar Degas with At the Teather woman with a fan (R.&S.37) (estimate 100-150 thousand USD) awarded to dollars 110.500; Joan Mirò with Constellations (Cramer Books 58) (estimate 50-70 thousand USD) awarded to dollars 110.500; David Hockney with Afternoon Swimming (T.266:DH53) (estimate 50-70 thousand USD) awarded to dollars 110.500; Barnett newman with Untitled Etching#1 (Sparks408) (estimate 70-100 thousand USD) awarded to dollars 104.500; Pablo Picasso with color lithograph Figure au Corsage Rayé (B.604;M.179) (estimate 60-80 thousand USD) awarded to dollars 98.500; Paul Gauguin with Le Calvaire Breton (M./K/J.50A) (estimate 40-60 thousand USD) awarded to dollars 86.500.

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