Warhol, Liz Taylor and a drunken night out with Hugh Grant

Actor and Hollywood boulevardier Hugh Grant is just one of the many men who have fallen before the enchanted countenance of Elizabeth Taylor. Grant now confesses he was drunk at the time. It was a night on the tiles that cost the floppy fringed star $3.3 million dollars. The Elizabeth Taylor in question was a 1962 Warhol print.

Grant ordered an underling to bid for the painting at an auction in New York, after indulging in a two-day drinking spree—never expecting the bid to succeed. When he sobered up, he discovered to his horror that he was the proud owner of a multi million dollar painting.

Grant sold the painting in 2007 for the vastly inflated price of $20.8 million. ‘I slightly regret selling it now, even though it made me rich.’ confessed the actor with characteristic sheepishness. 

Warhol is a master of the ironic flourish and the commoditization of popular culture, however Juicelings may notice in the  above painting a more than passing resemblance to Batman nemesis. The Joker. Intention or happen-chance? Discuss.