A PORTRAIT of the late 'King of Pop',Michael'Jacko'jackson,painted by pop art icon Andy Warhol has been sold at auction in New York for an undisclosed amout. Janet Lehr,owner of the Vered Gallery on Long Island,said the painting was sold Tuesday night but she declined to give a figure.
The average auction price for a warhool work in recent years has hovered around
US$17 million (about HK$132 million). The high for one of the late artist's portraits was $28 million for a Marilyn Monroe picture titled "Lemon Marilyn."
Warhol painted Jackson's portrait in 1984, a commission designed to celebrate
re-cord-breaking sales of the singer's album, Thriller". Warhol died on Febrary22, 1987, aged 58.
Jackson died on June 25 this year of drug-induced cardiac arrest in Los Angeles at age 50, only days before he was to have begun a series of comeback concerts in Londomn. - Reuters
(要完整~人名可以不用譯)(不要譯言那些~最好人手譯)