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Elizabeth Taylor passed away

March 24, 2011

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Andy Warhol, Liz N 5

Legendary actress and great woman died at 79. It’s happen yesterday 23rd of March. She was hospitalized six weeks ago with congestive heart failure, the sickness she has for many years.

Auction house Phillips de Pury announced this morning that it will be offering an Andy Warhol portrait of the actress estimated up to $30 million, in its 12th of May Contemporary Art Sale.

The portrait entitled  Liz #5, the 1963 portrait, comes from an unnamed private collection.
It comes to auction just months after “The Men in Her Life”a 1962 Warhol painting depicting Taylor, sold at Phillips for $63.4 million — the second-highest price ever for a Warhol at auction

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