Marilyn, Michael And Warhol, Who Is Worth More?

In the Art Gallery Vered of East Hampton, in the state of New York, a portrait of Michael Jackson painted by Andy Warhol was sold for more than one million dollars. 'Respecting the request of the buyer, his name and the exact amount he paid for it were not announced.' revealed one of the 2 partners of the gallery Janet Lehr. She added that they were all happy  how the auction was developed and concluded. The portrait, of 76,2 x 66 cm, in which MJ appears young and smiling, wears the red jacket which he wore in his famous video-clip 'Thriller'. It's commissioned by the magazine 'Time', that had used a version of this on yellow background for their cover of the magazine on the 19th of March 1984. The original version is exhibited in the National Portrait Gallery  of Washington. Although the sale had fetched more than a million dollars, up till now, the portraits by Andy Walhol that had been sold for the biggest amount was that of Marilyn Monroe, titled 'Lemon Marilyn', sold for an impressive price of 28 million dollars, by the auction house Christie's in New York in March 2007. I can't help but wonder whether it's not Marilyn or Michael, but Andy Warhol that the collectors paid for those colossal sums of money? Tags:Michael,Marilyn,Warhol

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