Portrait of a famous actor Marlon Brando of the classic American pop art of Andy Warhol sold in New York on May 13 evening auction at Christie's for 32.5 million dollars

Portrait of a famous actor Marlon Brando of the classic American pop art of Andy Warhol sold in New York on May 13 evening auction at Christie's for 32.5 million dollars.

Portrait became the third to lead the trading price of the works of post-war and contemporary art since the Christie's painting of Mark Rothko, sold on Tuesday for 50.4 million dollars, and the work of Freud Lyutsiana, which established a record for living the classics at the mark nearly 34 million dollars.

Double-portrait, executed in 1966, captures the image of Brando in his hero-rebel in the movie «savage», Brando who made an idol of youth.

This picture, taken in 1953, he became a symbol of youth protest. In this portrait the actor sitting on a motorcycle in the classic biker attire - a black leather jacket, nadvinutoy eye cap, jeans and dark glasses.

Trading house Christie's described the work «male icon». Warhol prolific, dedicated their музу its most distinguished contemporaries, established only eight copies of portraits of Brando, and one for silver.

Job Warhol «Green automobile accident I» was sold last year in New York for an amount exceeding 70 million dollars

Source: www.rian.ru , www.christies.com