Warhol portrait of Marilyn Monroe for auction
Published March 21st, 2007
An Andy Warhol portrait of Marilyn Monroe is about to go on sale and is expected to sell for almost $20 million dollars.
Auctioneers and Christie’s say the 1962 painting ‘Lemon Marilyn’ was one of 13 portraits the celebrity-obsessed artist made of Monroe after she committed suicide in August, 1962.
‘Orange Marilyn’, another painting in the series, was sold for just over $20 million dollars last year.
