NEW YORK, Oct. 30, 2009

Warhol Self-Portrait Found in Closet

Could Fetch More than $1M at Sotheby's Auction; Missing for 40 Years

  • This photo released by Sotheby's, Friday, Oct. 30, 2009 in New York, shows a 1965 self-portrait by Andy Warhol. The painting belongs to Cathy Naso, who was 17-years-old when she got a part-time job as a receptionist at Warhol's Factory. The painting will be auctioned at Sotheby's Nov. 11 sale of contemporary art.

    This photo released by Sotheby's, Friday, Oct. 30, 2009 in New York, shows a 1965 self-portrait by Andy Warhol. The painting belongs to Cathy Naso, who was 17-years-old when she got a part-time job as a receptionist at Warhol's Factory. The painting will be auctioned at Sotheby's Nov. 11 sale of contemporary art.  (AP Photo/Sothebys)

(AP)  Sotheby's is auctioning a self-portrait by Andy Warhol that was recently found after being forgotten in a closet in New York City for more than 40 years.

The painting belongs to Cathy Naso. She was 17 years old when she got a part-time job as a receptionist at Warhol's Factory.

Two years later, in 1967, Warhol gave her a self-portrait inscribed to her.

The Brooklyn resident displayed the painting briefly and then stored it in a closet. It remained there until this year.

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It is on display at Sotheby's New York offices starting Friday and will be auctioned at a Nov. 11 sale of contemporary art.

The auction house estimates it will sell for $1 million or more.



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