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Posted: 2022-05-10T08:52:13Z | Updated: 2022-05-10T08:52:13Z

NEW YORK (AP) Andy Warhols Shot Sage Blue Marilyn sold for a cool $195 million on Monday, making the iconic portrait of Marilyn Monroe the most expensive work by a U.S. artist ever sold at auction.

The 1964 silkscreen image shows Monroe in vibrant close-up hair yellow, eyeshadow blue and lips red on a rich blue background. Its also the most expensive piece from the 20th century ever auctioned, according to Christies auction house in New York, where the sale took place.

The Warhol sale unseated the previous record holder and another modern master, Jean-Michel Basquiat, whose 1982 painting Untitled of a skull-like face sold for a record $110.5 million at Sothebys in 2017.