Warhol's Michael Jackson portrait sells for $812K
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This image provided by Christie's Images Ltd., shows a Michael Jackson portrait painted by Andy Warhol in 1984. Christie's auction house will offer up a portrait of Michael Jackson by Andy Warhol in New York on Nov. 10. The auction house told The Associated Press on Friday Oct. 23, 2009 that the 30-by-26-inch portrait should fetch an estimated $500,000 to $700,000. (AP Photo/Christies) ** NO SALES **
NEW YORK (AP) — A "Thriller"-era silk-screened portrait of Michael Jackson created by Andy Warhol has sold for $812,500 to an anonymous collector.
The artwork sold at Christie's in New York City Tuesday evening.
Christie's estimated that the portrait would sell for $500,000 to $700,000.
The 1984 portrait depicts a smiling Jackson in a jacket with squiggles of red and yellow in his hair.
The auction house says the seller is an anonymous private collector based in New York who bought the image from the Andy Warhol Foundation in the 1990s. It did not say who bought the artwork.
The image was one of 47 lots auctioned Tuesday, including two other Warhol paintings.
Posted in Music, Arts-and-theatre on Wednesday, November 11, 2009 7:45 am Updated: 7:53 am. | Tags: Michael Jackson, Andy Warhol, Painting
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