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<div id='article-page'><div id='article-content' data-media-url='//news-app-staging.s3.amazonaws.com' data-base-url='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5531/A11.wav' data-capture-url='//staging.analytics.lingraphica.com/events/capture_news' data-article-title='Warhols Marilyn Painting Sells for $195M' data-article-id='6094'><script src='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/javascripts/getscripts.js'></script><link rel='stylesheet' href='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/stylesheets/article.css' type='text/css' /><div class='article'><p><span data-start-time='0' data-end-time='13917'>A famous painting of Marilyn Monroe by American artist Andy Warhol sold for $195 million on Monday. </span> <span data-start-time='13917' data-end-time='22521'>That is the most ever paid in a public sale for a work by an American.</span> <span data-start-time='22521' data-end-time='29813'>Warhol painted “Shot Sage Blue Marilyn” in 1964. </span> <span data-start-time='29813' data-end-time='41292'>The colorful image shows Monroe with yellow hair, blue eye shadow and bright red lips, with a rich blue background.</span> <span data-start-time='41292' data-end-time='47250'>The sale took place at Christie’s auction house in New York. </span> <span data-start-time='47250' data-end-time='57542'>Representatives from Christie’s said the painting became the costliest work of art from the 20th century ever auctioned.</span> <span data-start-time='57542' data-end-time='63708'>The Warhol painting passed the earlier record holder, Jean-Michel Basquiat. </span> <span data-start-time='63708' data-end-time='81188'>His 1982 painting “Untitled” of a skull-like face sold for a record $110.5 million in 2017 at Sotheby’s in New York.</span> <span data-start-time='81188' data-end-time='85542'>Warhol created more than one image of Monroe. </span> <span data-start-time='85542' data-end-time='92292'>The “Shot Sage Blue Marilyn” painting has been shown in museums around the world.</span> <span data-start-time='92292' data-end-time='98854'>Christie’s said an unnamed buyer made the purchase Monday night. </span> <span data-start-time='98854' data-end-time='109146'>When the auction was announced earlier this year, Christie’s estimated it could go for as much as $200 million.</span> <span data-start-time='109146' data-end-time='119271'>“It’s an amazing price,” said Alex Rotter, chairman of Christie’s 20th and 21st century art department. </span> <span data-start-time='119271' data-end-time='123583'>“Let it sink in, it’s quite something.”</span> <span data-start-time='123583' data-end-time='134729'>The earnings of the sale will go to the Thomas and Doris Ammann Foundation Zurich, which put the painting up for auction. </span> <span data-start-time='134729' data-end-time='141917'>The foundation aims to help children with health care and educational programs.</span> </p></div><div class='control-buttons-sticky' 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data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5531/in_which_year_did_andy_warhol_paint_shot_sage_blue_marilyn.wav'>In which year did Andy Warhol paint Shot Sage Blue Marilyn?</div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='nineteen sixty-four'><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5531/nineteen_ninetynine.wav'><span>nineteen ninety-nine</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5531/nineteen_fourteen.wav'><span>nineteen fourteen</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5531/eighteen_sixtyfour.wav'><span>eighteen sixty-four</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5531/nineteen_sixtyfour.wav'><span>nineteen sixty-four</span></div></div></div><div class='sentence_completion_question question-container' data-question-id=18586 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