Andy Warhol's "Liz" Painting sells for $23 Million!
source: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071114/ap_en_ot/warhol_auction
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Andy Warhol's turquoise-background Elizabeth Taylor portrait sold for $23.7 million Tuesday at Christie's auction house, a spokeswoman said.
An anonymous bidder bought the portrait, "Liz (Colored Liz)," from a private collector. The sale price, which included the auction house's commission, fell below pre-sale estimates of $25 million to $35 million.
The 40-by-40-inch portrait is part of a series Warhol created in the 1960s of his muses including Taylor, Marilyn Monroe and Jackie Kennedy.
Warhol completed "Liz (Colored Liz)" in 1963 about the same time Taylor suffered from a life-threatening illness. The painting is one of a series of a dozen and features a turquoise background and colorful eye shadow, violet eyes and red lipstick.
Seems crazy to me but I do like Warhol's art...
An anonymous bidder bought the portrait, "Liz (Colored Liz)," from a private collector. The sale price, which included the auction house's commission, fell below pre-sale estimates of $25 million to $35 million.
The 40-by-40-inch portrait is part of a series Warhol created in the 1960s of his muses including Taylor, Marilyn Monroe and Jackie Kennedy.
Warhol completed "Liz (Colored Liz)" in 1963 about the same time Taylor suffered from a life-threatening illness. The painting is one of a series of a dozen and features a turquoise background and colorful eye shadow, violet eyes and red lipstick.
Seems crazy to me but I do like Warhol's art...
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