Andy Warhol’s White Disaster (White Car Crash 19 Times) is expected to reach $80m when it goes to auction in New York later this month. The 12ft by 6ft screen-printed canvas, which is part of Warhol’s Death and Disaster series, has not been seen in public for 15 years. Experts say that the work’s elevation of a grisly accident is linked to the artist’s Catholicism and is intended to invoke awe and reverence.

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