ART
Warhol Sale: Andy Warhol’s “Marilyn x 100,†a 1962 silk screen of 100 images of the actress’s face, brought $3.74 million Tuesday during the second week of the fall art auctions at Sotheby’s in New York. It was not the highest price paid for a Warhol work--his “Red Shot Marilyn†brought $4 million in 1989. Another 77 works of contemporary art, estimated at $26 million to $33 million, were up for sale, and 51 sold for a total of $23.4 million. The 1984 neon work “One Hundred Live and Die†by Bruce Nauman, expected to sell for up to $800,000, sold for $1.9 million. An untitled piece from 1956 by Cy Twombly went for $2.1 million. David Hockney’s portrait of two friends, “Henry Geldzahler and Christopher Scott†from 1968-1969, went for $1.1 million. Robert Rauschenberg’s 1964 “Press†also sold for $1.1 million, as did Mark Rothko’s 1958 “Brown, Black & Blue.â€
More to Read
The biggest entertainment stories
Get our big stories about Hollywood, film, television, music, arts, culture and more right in your inbox as soon as they publish.
You may occasionally receive promotional content from the Los Angeles Times.