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Andy Warhol's "Shot Sage Blue Marilyn", a painting of Marilyn Monroe. (Courtesy/Reuters)
Pop artist Andy Warhol's famed 1964 silk-screen portrait of Marilyn Monroe sold for $195 million (Sh22.6billion) at auction on Monday, a record for a work by an American artist sold at auction.
"Shot Sage Blue Marilyn" is one in a series of portraits Warhol made of the actress following her death in 1962 and has since become one of pop art's best-known pieces.
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