"Shooting Marilyn (Sage Blue)" debuts in a photo by Suo Youwei
Hong Kong, April 20 (Reporter Suo Youwei) Christie's New York Auction Preview exhibition was held in Hong Kong on the 20th, and the masterpieces of Van Gogh, Warhol, Monet and other masters appeared on the scene, of which Warhol's "Shooting Marilyn (Sage Blue)" is estimated to cost about 200 million US dollars.
Christie's Vice President of Asia Pacific and Head of Evening Auctions for 20th and 21st Century Art, Ho Sun Heng, said that "Shooting Marilyn (Sage Blue)" is estimated to sell for $200 million, Marilyn Monroe is the most representative work of Warhol's career, the series has a total of 5 works, Warhol's image of Marilyn Monroe is actually the "Mona Lisa" of that era, he changed people's understanding of aesthetics, popularity, culture, etc., no one used this color to create before this work. It is one of the most important images in the history of art in the 20th century.
"Fields Near Alpiler" debuted suo Youwei photographed
According to reports, all proceeds from the auction of the painting will be donated to the foundation to help establish a comprehensive support system, which focuses on medical and educational programs to help children in disadvantaged communities around the world. As the proceeds from the auction will be fully used for charitable purposes, the auction may be the most gross charity auction since the David Rockefellers Collectors' Charity Auction in 2018.
The same Van Gogh masterpiece "Fields Near Alpir" is estimated to cost about $45 million. According to reports, when Van Gogh was admitted to the Saint-Rémy Sanatorium in the early 1890s, he sent two paintings to his friend Joseph Berger, who lived in Marseille. Lu Lin, this rare work is one of them. Another landscape painting he created in the same field is currently in the collection of the Kunsthalle Kunsthalle in the Netherlands.
He Xingqi, Vice Chairman of Christie's Asia Pacific Region and International Director of the 20th and 21st Century Art Department, introduced that the painting is the work of Van Gogh's most mature period, and many of Van Gogh's famous works, including "Starry Night", were created at the same time, and Van Gogh's brushstrokes at this time were very unrestrained and expressive, which was also the characteristic of his later works.
It is reported that several famous paintings, including these two paintings, will appear at Christie's New York Auction Week in May. (End)