''Green Car Crash (Green Burning Car I) '' is a painting by the American artist

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. On May 16, 2007 at 7 P.M, it sold for $71.7m (£42.3m) at auction.

History

''Green Car Crash (Green Burning Car I)'' is one of the representative paintings of the

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. It is a part of the ''Death and Disaster'' series painted by

in 1963. The painting is attributed to Warhol himself, but it is assumed that his assistant Gerard Malanga had a large contribution to this creation. ''Green Car Crash'' is one of the highly valued paintings of this collection. ''Green Car Crash'' was finished in 1963. It was inspired by photographs taken by John Whitehead and published in ''

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'' magazine. The car was pursued by the

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police. The driver lost control of the wheel at , crashing into a utility pole. ''Green Car Crash'' (''Green Burning Car I'') is the only Warhol ''Burning Car'' painting of five (all based on Whitehead's photograph) to utilize a color other than black and white.

Auctions and market value

''Green Car Crash'' was privately owned for more than 30 years, and when it was put up for sale in 2007, it generated a large amount of interest. By that time, it set a new record for an Andy Warhol creation, being sold for $71.7 million, while the pre-auction estimate was $25 million. The record was broken in 2013, when another painting of the collection, the ''

Silver Car Crash (Double Disaster) ''Silver Car Crash (Double Disaster)'' is a 1963 serigraph by the American artist Andy Warhol. In November 2013, it sold for $105 million (£65.5m) at NYC auction, setting a new highest price for a work by Warhol. History ''Silver Car Crash (D ...

'' was sold for $105.4 million.

References

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