Andy Warhol’s White Catastrophe (White Automobile Crash 19 Instances) sells for $85million at Sotheby’s, New York

Andy Warhol’s masterpiece White Catastrophe (White Automobile Crash 19 Instances) has offered for $85m – one of many highest costs ever paid for a piece by the artist at public sale.

The work, from the US icon’s celebrated Demise And Catastrophe collection, garnered virtually a 3rd of the entire sum raised by a night of latest gross sales at Sotheby’s in New York on Wednesday night time.

The public sale home mentioned $315m was generated from artworks offered in whole that night. 

The work, from the US icon’s celebrated Demise And Catastrophe seriesgarnered virtually a 3rd of the entire sum raised by a night of latest gross sales at Sotheby’s in New York on Wednesday night time.

The titan of pop artwork, who was mentioned to be fixated on theme of mortality, printed 19 photographs of a deadly automobile crash in black and white tones to match the newspapers from which he drew inspiration for White Catastrophe (White Automobile Crash 19 Instances).

The 1963 piece is ‘arguably probably the most vital achievement of his profession’, Sotheby’s mentioned.

The work, from a non-public assortment the place it has been for 25 years, is the primary giant portray from Warhol’s Demise And Catastrophe collection to come back to public sale since 2013 when Silver Automobile Crash (Double Catastrophe) made $105m – a document for the artist on the time.

Previous to that, the one different work from the collection to come back to public sale previously 15 years was Inexperienced Automobile Crash (Inexperienced Burning Automobile), offered for $71.7m in 2007. 

Measuring 12ft tall, it’s the largest of all Warhol’s single-panel Automobile Crash works.

The Sotheby’s public sale on Wednesday additionally noticed sturdy gross sales for works from celebrated collections, together with from the de Kooning Household Assortment, The Assortment of Geraldine and Harold Alden, The Mallin Assortment, and The Assortment of William S Paley.

The public sale home mentioned $315m was generated from artworks offered on the night time in whole. The 1963 piece is taken into account one of the provocative and haunting creative achievements of the twentieth century. It’s ‘arguably probably the most vital achievement of his profession’, Sotheby’s mentioned

Warhol’s portrait of Marilyn Monroe, Shot Sage Blue Marilyn, is the most costly piece of art work by an American artist ever offered at public sale. 

It went for $195m together with charges in Might at Christie’s in New York.

The earlier document was set by Jean-Michel Basquiat’s 1982 portray ‘Untitled’, which offered for $110.5m at Sotheby’s in 2017. 

The Sotheby’s public sale on Wednesday additionally noticed sturdy gross sales for works from celebrated collections, together with from the de Kooning Household Assortment, The Assortment of Geraldine and Harold Alden, The Mallin Assortment, and The Assortment of William S Paley

What are Andy Warhol’s most costly artworks? 

1: Shot Sage Blue Marilyn – $195m

This piece grew to become the most costly Andy Warhol portray when it was offered at a Christie’s public sale in New York this yr. In a press release, Christie’s public sale home described the 40-inch by 40-inch portrait as ‘one of many rarest and most transcendent photographs in existence’

2: Silver Automobile Crash (Double Catastrophe) – $105.4m

The earlier document for a piece by Warhol at public sale was set by this work, purchased in 2013. One other masterpiece from his Demise and Catastrophe collection, it’s thought of one of many artist’s best achievements

3: Eight Elvises – $100m

This silkscreen print portray that was created in 1963, together with Triple Elvis [Ferus Type]. The art work was offered in a non-public public sale by way of Philippe Ségalot. It’s believed to have been purchased by the State of Qatar

4: Triple Elvis [Ferus Type] – $81.9m

This piece options Elvis Presley in three similar black-and-white footage. The two.1-meter-tall art work relies on a publicity picture of the legendary musician from his movie Flaming Star (1960). The work was offered at an public sale in 2014

5: Turquoise Marilyn –  $80m

That is one other of the 5 40-inch by 40-inch work from the Shot Marilyns collection, every of which is produced from the identical picture of the Hollywood star. It was created in 1962