Lot 33
  • 33

Andy Warhol

Estimate
700,000 - 1,400,000 USD
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Description

  • Andy Warhol
  • Mao (F. & S. II.90-99)
  • Screenprints in colors
  • each sheet 918 by 916 mm 36 1/8 by 36 in
The complete portfolio, comprising ten screenprints in colors, 1972, each signed in ball-point pen on the verso and stamp-numbered 211/250, on Beckett High White paper, co-published by Castelli Graphics and Multiples Inc., New York, accompanied by the original box (10 prints)

Provenance

Andy Warhol Enterprises, Inc.
Acquired by the present owner from above

Condition

The prints are in good condition, the colors fresh and the sheets full, printed to the edges. Each sheet with infrequent soft handling creases, each verso with pale discoloration at the extreme sheet edges, occasionally visible in the unprinted areas recto. Plate II.91 with irregular discoloration verso, which is due to sustained contact with the original cardboard box. (The cardboard box with adhesive remains and skinning throughout.)
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