This is interesting ... some excerpts from an item at Bloomberg:
... I didn't know Warhol ever painted a celebrity like Vesuvius, but a quick look through Google suggests he did on more than one occasion (the auction catalog for the above is not online yet).
Christie's International said it will sell as much as 74 million pounds ($146 million) of contemporary art in Europe's biggest-ever auction, as sellers flock to London.
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Warhol's ``Vesuvius,'' a 1985 image of the volcano, will be offered with a top estimate of 1.5 million pounds by Esposito, who lives in Naples near Mount Vesuvius and was the last person to be painted by the pop artist, Christie's said.
... I didn't know Warhol ever painted a celebrity like Vesuvius, but a quick look through Google suggests he did on more than one occasion (the auction catalog for the above is not online yet).