$11 Million Warhol & More in Christie's Sale

by Jared Paul Stern (RSS feed)
Jun 11th 2010 at 11:02AM

An important Andy Warhol portrait of Liz Taylor painted in 1963 is expected to fetch up to $11 million at Christie's' landmark Post-War & Contemporary Art sale in London on June 30. The iconic Silver Liz (above), painted for Warhol's now famous show at the Ferus Gallery in Los Angeles in October 1963, could easily go for much more considering last month's world record sale of a Warhol self portrait and the eye-popping results of the Michael Crichton collection. Also on offer in the stunning sale: Jeff Koons' 1999 oil on canvas Loopy, estimated at about $3.5 million - $5 million; Jean-Michel Basquiat's Untitled, painted in in 1982, estimated at about $2.5 million - $3.5 million; Roy Lichtenstein's Woman Reading, painted in 1980, estimated at about $3 million - $4.5 million; Cy Twombly's Untitled (Gaeta), painted in 2004, estimated at $3 million - $4 million; and Gerhard Richter's Abstraktes Bild, painted in 1986, estimated at $2.2 million - $3.5 million.

Gallery: Christie's Contemporary Art June 2010

Tags: Andy Warhol, art market, Contemporary Art, Cy Twombly, Gerhard Richter, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Jeff Koons, Liz Taylor, London, Los Angeles, Roy Lichtenstein

Filed under: Auctions, Art

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RYAN Jun 11th 2010 3:11PM

I wouldnt think you could get 11 million for liz herself......people are so stupid.

al schrader Jun 12th 2010 5:27AM

You want one of these ? Make a photocopy of it, take two marks-a-lot & color-in the lips & eye shadow, and walla you have one. Of course put it in a nice frame.....Al-

Dee Jun 11th 2010 3:23PM

To this day, I think she is the MOST beautiful woman, sheer deep beauty.

Harold King Jun 12th 2010 11:19AM

Sheer sheep beauty.

Dorothy Jun 11th 2010 3:19PM

I have always admired her beauty, to this day, I think she is the most beautiful woman.

RYAN Jun 11th 2010 3:37PM

Hmm....I never thought much about liz and she ran around a lot with mike jackson the child molestor........liz has been married like 7 or 8 times which means something IS wrong with her for dang sure........11 million dollars for that???HAHAHAHA....too funny.

enigma7115 Jun 11th 2010 4:59PM

Shut-up you idiot, because you know less than nothing. You're pretending to be wise and knowledgeable about something that was proven to be nothing more than extortion. But I guess in your imaginations you were there, right? So you have the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth! What a TOOL. You must think you know something the 12 jurors and their alternates with months of open testimony don't. People like you are simply ignorant trash. Trash who realizes they are trash, so they seek out a villain to temper the realization that they are only waste.
Spare us the leftover fodder from your favorite Pulp Fictions.
Some of us like to live in reality.

And Liz is worth more than your wasted life will ever be!

La Dolce Vita Jun 14th 2010 10:09PM

judith Jun 11th 2010 5:27PM

You talk like a hillbilly. Lay off Michale Jackson moroon.

Louis Jun 11th 2010 4:35PM

Save your money. You can have my portrait for 11 bucks, and if you act now, I'll give you a rebate of $11.00. Now can you beat that?

Cutie Jun 11th 2010 4:53PM

You cannot look at Elizabeth Taylor in her early movies, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Cleopatra, Butterfield 8, Little Women without seeing how beautiful she was (she still is in my book). With all the hype about blonds nowadays dark haired women were truly just as beautiful, Gina Lollabridgida, Sophia Loren, Kirstie before she went blond, etc.

Leo Jun 11th 2010 5:16PM

BAD ACTRESS!! She was decent in one movie, 'Who's Afraid of Virginia Wolf?'. Always fun to make fun of her bad acting in any other movie she's in.
Lousy painting, lousy artist...

CINDI Jun 11th 2010 5:38PM

I have a post card of Andy Warhal andJohnLennon in mint condition, at the factory in New York, dated 1978 Andy kissing John on the cheek, is it worth any thing????

Harold King Jun 12th 2010 11:22AM

They're both burning. Burn it.

judith Jun 11th 2010 5:30PM

Why don't you attend morrons anonymous Jed Clampett.

Tracie Smith Jun 11th 2010 5:32PM

THIS painting got $11 mill?!!! REALLY?!!!! Looks like something a three year old would've done with markers over a black and white photo.
There are a LOT more photos of Liz that are worthy of that kind of money.
People with more money than sense...

Sherry Powell Jun 11th 2010 6:07PM

Andy Warhol was a graphic artist. He didn't paint the picture... and really had little true artistic talent. But his original work still seems to be in demand. As for his subject Liz was a true beauty... and a very good actress. Unfortunately she become more famous for her many marriages, her jewerly, and her rather out ragious life style. A tell all book of her life would be an interesting read.

Margie Jun 11th 2010 7:02PM

Think they would take a personal check?

Denise Jun 11th 2010 7:15PM

OMG..some of you people are just stuck on stupid.

LSP Jun 11th 2010 7:35PM

Elizabeth Taylor. Great actress. True humanitarian. She got involved with AIDS patients very early on, when people didn't understand how the disease was really contracted. Her star status alone raised so much money for AmFAR, and helped so many afflicted to live better lives. A real hero in our midst. What a great woman. A national treasure.

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