Men in Her Life (painting) Men in Her Life (painting) Men in Her Life is a 1962 painting by Andy Warhol. It is a black and white painting inspired by the life of Elizabeth Taylor, a seven foot tall creation of the artist. It is a series of photos picturing the most important men in the life of Elizabeth Taylor, including her third husband Mike Todd and her future husband Eddie Fisher. The painting was sold for $63.4 million in 2010 by Phillips de Pury & Co. The final sum was a surprise even for the organizers, which evaluated the painting at 40 million dollars
The Dying Dandy the time has been seen as symptomatic of a capitalist art market. The price paid was 3.4 million kronor and was a record high for a Swedish art. Four years later, in 1988, Roos sold the painting for 13 million kronor, which was again considered to be very high, to the financier . The painting then ended up in the possession of the financier after Thulin went into bankruptcy in 1991. Today it is owned by the Moderna Museet. On April 4, 2007, a smaller version of the painting in watercolor was sold for 3.25 million crowns to a Swedish