Andy Warhol’s famed Marilyn Monroe portrait sells for record $195m at auction

The Shot Sage Blue Marilyn is one of a series made after the actor's death in 1962 and has become the pinnacle of American pop'

Andy Warhol's famed 1964 silk-screen portrait of Marilyn Monroe has sold for $195m at auction, setting a new a record for a work by an American artist.

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.