Umzobo ka-Andy Warhol othi 'Shot Sage Blue Marilyn' – omnye kuthotho lwemifanekiso emihlanu eyenziwa ligcisa laseMelika uMarilyn Monroe emva kokubhubha kwakhe ngo-1962, wafumana i-195 yezigidi zeedola kwifandesi kaChristie phezolo.
Umzobo we-1964 ngumntu ohamba phambili kwintshukumo yobugcisa be-pop, wenziwa ngokusebenzisa ifoto yentengiso yomdlali we-actress kunye nokusetyenziswa kwemibala eyahlukeneyo.
'Ishot Sage Blue Marilyn' yayingomnye kuthotho lwemifanekiso emihlanu yomdlali weqonga odumileyo kwaye ngoku lelona cwecwe libiza kakhulu kubugcisa baseMelika kwaye owona msebenzi wenkulungwane yama-20 uthathiwe kwifandesi yoluntu.
Igama elithi 'ukudubula' kwisihloko libhekiselele kukudubula okwenzeka kwistudiyo saseWarhol kamsinya nje emva kokuba imisebenzi igqityiwe. Emine kwimizobo emihlanu kolu luhlu yonakele, kodwa oku kuphelile kukongeza izigidi kwixabiso.
Umfanekiso, ochazwe ngu Christie ngayo njengeyona “ncopho yePopu yaseMelika,” ithengiswe ngezantsi kancinane koqikelelo lwezigidi ezingama-200 zeedola. I Warhol I-canvas igqithise irekhodi yangaphambili ebekwe ngumzobo kaPablo Picasso, oye waya malunga ne-180 yezigidi zeedola ngo-2015.
Umzobo weMonroe othengiswe ngoMvulo wawungowosapho lomthengisi wezobugcisa waseSwitzerland owathi imali efunyenwe kwintengiso iya kuya kwisisa. Isazisi somthengi akazange atyhilwe.
INTO ONOKUYITHATHA KWELI NQAKU:
- Was one in a series of five portraits of the legendary actress and is now the most expensive piece of American art ever and the most a 20th-century work has fetched at a public auction.
- Umzobo we-1964 ngumntu ohamba phambili kwintshukumo yobugcisa be-pop, wenziwa ngokusebenzisa ifoto yentengiso yomdlali we-actress kunye nokusetyenziswa kwemibala eyahlukeneyo.
- The Monroe portrait sold on Monday belonged to the family of a Swiss art dealer who said that the proceeds from the sale would go to charity.
