Warhol's first workshop in New York is sold for $ 10 million

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Andy Warhol's studio in New York, in which an American artist worked in 60's, is on sale for 10 million dollars. It was Warhol's first workshop outside of its home.

According to the resource DNAinfo, the red house, which originally housed the fire department, is now used as a warehouse by the art company Wildenstein & Co.

Two-storey apartment area 1,5 thousand square meters. meters located on Manhattan in the Upper East Side.

Warhol rented a studio here for a workshop for 150 dollars a month. At that time he lived in townhouse on Lexington Avenuewhich in 2013 year was sold for $ 5,5 million.

Any real estate that is associated with the name of Warhol, costing potential buyers quite expensive. In particular, in December last year, the famous Montauk villa on the coast of Long Island, owned by the artist, was sold for 50 million dollars.

Andy Warhol (real name Andrey Warhola) is a cult representative of pop art who used stencil images of mass culture idols in his work. After the death of Marilyn Monroe, Warhol created the famous “Marilyn Diptych”.

Warhol tops the various ratings and lists the best-selling artists. Most valued are his large-format canvases 1962-1964, the prices of which reach 100 million dollars.

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