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Warhol’s ‘Marilyn’ Sells for $195 Million, Breaks Auction Record

[ad_1] The third-row collector, Peter Brant, said that Francesco Clemente, the third party in the sale, said “Fourteen Stations, No. XI” for $1.9 million, above an estimate of $80,000 to $120,000. Later, seller Larry Gagosian purchased Cy Twombly’s blue, green, and purple painting on a wood panel for approximately $17 million, above the high estimate …

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Warhol’s $200 Million ‘Marilyn’ Could Test the Health of the Art Market

[ad_1] In 1985, salesman Tony Shafrazi designed a poster encourage his show Collaborative paintings by Andy Warhol and Jean-Michel Basquiat. The footage showed the two performers wearing boxing gloves as if they were getting ready to fight each other. Although amusing, the poster hinted at the complex relationship between Warhol and Basquiat; they were both …

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‘The Marilyn Monroe Mystery: Unheard Tapes’ Review: Gossip Girl

[ad_1] if you call a movie “The Marilyn Monroe Mystery: Unheard Tapes” your job is to at least provide something worth listening to. The latest addition to Netflix’s catalog of true crime (or crime-like) stories, this Emma Cooper-directed documentary begins with the sort of conspiracy surrounding Marilyn Monroe’s 1962 overdose death. But for the most …

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Christie’s to Offer Warhol’s Marilyn Monroe for an Estimated $200

[ad_1] Raising the stakes for its spring auctions and proving the enduring power of blue chip mugs, Christie’s has announced that it will sell Marilyn Monroe’s 1964 Andy Warhol line for an estimated $200 million in May, making it the 20th most expensive series in the series. A century-old work of art to be auctioned …

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Marilyn Stafford’s Wild and Expansive Photography Career

[ad_1] Miss Stafford would then use what she had learned – particularly the Stanislavski technique – to immerse herself in the world of her subjects and disappear completely. She moved to New York in 1947 with dreams of success on Broadway. Around this time, he began to experiment with films. Largely self-taught, his technique was …

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Half of Oscar-Winning Songwriting Duo Marilyn Bergman Dies at 93

[ad_1] Marilyn Bergman, who, along with her husband, Alan Bergman, gave unforgettable words to the world about “hazy watercolor memories” and “windmills of your mind” and won three Academy Awards, died Saturday at her home in Los Angeles. He was 93 years old. A spokesperson, Jason Lee, said the cause was respiratory failure. Tuned to …

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Marilyn Manson Loses a Grammy Nomination and a Songwriter Wins a Grammy Nomination

[ad_1] Chorney took part in the first version of the vote for the best American root song for “Bored.” In this version of the list, which circulated outside the Recording Academy in the days before the nominations were announced on November 23, there were also only eight places for the first four categories; the day …

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