LONDON.- Selected as the cover image for the major survey of Warhol’s portraiture published by Phaidon in 2005, Debbie Harry, from 1980, is one of Warhol’s most accomplished portraits of celebrity. One of only four such portraits of the Blondie star in…
Marilyn Monroe "Subway" Dress Sells for $4.6 Million at Profiles in History Auction House
BEVERLY HILLS (REUTERS).- The pleated ivory dress that blew around Marilyn Monroe in an iconic scene from “The Seven Year Itch” sold for $4.6 million at a weekend auction of Hollywood costumes — far exceeding its estimate. The so-called “subway” dress…
Debbie Reynolds Auctions Off Hollywood Treasures Tomorrow at Profiles in History
BEVERLY HILLS, CA (AP).- Debbie Reynolds still knows how to make a splash. She was a teenage charmer opposite Gene Kelly in “Singin’ in the Rain,” earned an Oscar nomination for her gutsy character in “The Unsinkable Molly Brown” and, at 79, is going s…
Debbie Reynolds Auctions Off Hollywood Treasures Tomorrow at Profiles in History
BEVERLY HILLS, CA (AP).- Debbie Reynolds still knows how to make a splash. She was a teenage charmer opposite Gene Kelly in “Singin’ in the Rain,” earned an Oscar nomination for her gutsy character in “The Unsinkable Molly Brown” and, at 79, is going s…
Marilyn Monroe’s 85th Birthday Celebrated at Hotel with Rare Photos by Murray Garrett
NEW YORK, NY.- On Wednesday, June 1st, what would have been screen goddess Marilyn Monroe’s 85th birthday, the Washington Square Hotel showcased an exhibition of rare, never-before-seen photos of Marilyn Monroe from the personal archives of legendary H…
Marilyn Monroe’s 85th Birthday Celebrated at Washington Square Hotel with Rare Photos by Murray Garrett
NEW YORK, NY.- On Wednesday, June 1st, what would have been screen goddess Marilyn Monroe’s 85th birthday, the Washington Square Hotel showcased an exhibition of rare, never-before-seen photos of Marilyn Monroe from the personal archives of legendary H…
Effort to Return Marilyn Monroe’s Fluttering White Dress from "The Seven Year Itch" to New York City
NEW YORK (REUTERS).- The iconic white dress Marilyn Monroe wore in “The Seven Year Itch” may be headed back to New York City, where a gust of air from a subway grate sent it billowing upward and into movie history. A New York-based technology company i…
Exhibition Of Andy Warhol’s Cars At The Montclair Art Museum
Montclair, NJ – As one of the most iconic and influential artists of the 20th century, Andy Warhol has helped to define America. His signature images of such American products and celebrities as Campbell’s soup cans, Coca-Cola bottles, Marilyn Mo…
New York’s Landmark Hotel Niagara Sold at Auction
NIAGARA FALLS (AP).- A Canadian developer’s $1.25 million bid was the winner in the auction of a landmark hotel in downtown Niagara Falls, N.Y. Jamil Kara of Vancouver, British Columbia outbid 10 others who qualified for Tuesday’s auction of the 76-y…
Andy Warhol’s Last Great Masterpiece to Be Sold at Christie’s New York on May 11
NEW YORK, NY.- Andy Warhol’s last great Self-Portrait, 1986, will headline the Post-War and Contemporary Auction season in New York at Christie’s Post-War and Contemporary Art Evening sale on May 11, 2011. An art-historical landmark, the mon…