Self-portrait by Andy Warhol went under the hammer for 32.5 million dollars
Auctioneers Sotheby's sold a self-portrait of Andy Warhol for 32.5 million dollars in the course ended in New York afternoon trading in modern art. This website reported the auction house. Total has sold 53 lots for a total of almost 190 million dollars. Among them are the work of Mark Rothko, Jackson Pollock, Willem de Kooning and other well-known masters.
Three-sheet in purple tones as the largest of the existing self-portraits Warhol. It was put up for auction U.S. fashion designer Tom Ford. This is not the first work of the artist, sold with significant excess of appraised value. For example, in November 2009 his "200-dollar bills" have been bought for 43.8 million dollars at the maximum Estima only 12 million.
Two other notable lots of evening trades were paintings by masters of abstract expressionist Mark Rothko ("Untitled") and Jackson Pollock ("Yellow, gray, black). Work Rothko paintings interspersed with the characteristic "color field" went under the hammer for 31.4 million dollars at an estimated value of 15-25 million dollars. For now Pollock buyer offered more than 8,7 million dollars.
In addition to the large number of abstract-expressionist paintings and sculptures, auctioneers offered to buyers and a few other popular artifacts at the work of Andy Warhol and Roy Lichtenstein, the work of Jeff Koons and Damien Hirst.
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The famous self-portrait of the founder of pop art Andy Warhol, written in 1986 shortly before his sudden death, will be exhibited at Sotheby's in New York. This work is part of a series of self-portraits, created by the artist in the twilight of his creative life.
Self-portrait by Andy Warhol, which will be put up for auction, experts say one of the most important paintings in the artist. Giant picture - its dimensions are 108 by 108 inches (2,75 × 2,75 m) - embodies the conflict between the public image of Andy Warhol and his inner attitude. Despite the great popularity and attention to the person of the artist, he has remained closed and mysterious persona. The theme of internal and external artist turned infrequently, though he considered it one of the most important.