Lot 200
  • 200

Andy Warhol

Estimate
35,000 - 45,000 GBP
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Description

  • Andy Warhol
  • Lenin (F. & S. II.402)
  • Sheet: 1000 by 745mm; 39 3/8 by 29½in
Screenprint in colours, 1987, signed in pencil, inscribed PP 1/6, a printer's proof aside from the edition of 120, printed by Rupert Jasen Smith, New York, published by Galerie Bernd Klüser, Munich, on Arches 88 paper, the full sheet printed to the edges, in good condition apart from a diagonal crease to the upper left corner of the sheet, a short crease to the upper right corner, associated slight pigment loss to both creases, occasional minor scuffs and scratches, a fingerprint in the background above the head

Condition

A diagonal crease to the upper left corner of sheet measuring approximately 90mm, approximately 10mm of the the crease is slightly broken. A crease to the extreme top left tip of sheet. There are four rubbed areas in the black background at left, mostly only visible in a raking light. Two visible short light scratches to the right of the head above the ear. A small area of visble scuffing at top right corner of sheet. Occasional short light scratches to top right corner and through the right and left edges of the black background, mostly only visible in a raking light. Note the mentioned fingermark (?) above the head in the black background.
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