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Marilyn Monroe’s painting by artist Andy Warhol was sold at auction for Rs 1500 crore. The painting was based on a famous cover photo by Marilyn Monroe. This photo was taken for the 1953 film Niagara starring Marilyn Monroe. Once upon a time, a woman arrived at Warhol’s gallery and opened fire, destroying four of Merlin’s paintings. But this painting alone was not a problem. That is how the painting got the name Shot Sage Blue Merlin.
Observers say Merlin’s painting received the highest price for a work of art made in the twentieth century. Christie’s painting has been described as the most valuable work of American art.
The previous most valuable American painting was a painting by Jean-Michel Basquiat in 1982. The painting received US $ 110 million. Basquiat is also a friend of Warhol. Le Femi de Algar, a painting by the famous European painter Pablo Picasso, was auctioned off in 1955 for $ 17.9 billion. Merlin’s painting.
Proceeds from the sale of Merlin’s paintings will be donated to the Thomas & Doris Amman Foundation Zurich in Switzerland. The Thomas & Doris Amman Foundation Zurich is a non-profit organization that promotes child education and health care around the world. Marilyn Monroe, originally named Norma Jean Mortensen, was born in 1926 in Los Angeles, USA. She became one of the busiest actresses in Hollywood during the 1950s and ’60s. At the time, she was the most famous American actress in the world. Marilyn died on August 4, 1962. She was just 36 years old at the time of her death.
