Andy Warhol

The complete set of ten screenprints in colours, 1971, each signed in ball-point pen, dated, and stamp numbered 64/250 verso, printed by Silkprint Kettner, published by Bruno Bischofberger, Zurich, Switzerland, on smooth wove paper

The full sheets printed to the edges (although Feldman records the sheets to be 1219 instead of 1215mm wide this set does not seem to be trimmed), the colours fresh, F&S II 74: Sheet 899 by 1215mm; in good condition apart from a narrow area of pigment loss along extreme lower left edge of sheet (circa 3,5cm), occasional minute remains of paper tape along upper edge of sheet verso where previously attached to glass, a soft vertical short crease at upper left tip of sheet, F&S II75: Sheet 899 by 1216mm; surface of sheet adhered to edge of glass (circa 10cm) along centre of right sheet edge, therefore surface of sheet unexamined out of frame, however the sheet could be removed by a professional paper restorer, F&S II76: Sheet 900 by 1215mm; in good condition apart from very narrow vertical areas of pigment loss along upper left edge of sheet, a diagonal crease at upper left tip of sheet, a very fine scratch with minute pigment loss in lower left image, F&S II77: Sheet 900 by 1215mm; in good condition apart from a short crease, two minute punctuations with pigment loss in upper left corner of sheet - possibly associated with previously broken glass, and a fine vertical scratch extending from upper left corner of sheet into image (circa 11cm), minute areas of pigment loss along upper left edge of sheet, a small fleck of pigment loss at lower centre edge of sheet, F&S II78: Sheet 899 by 1215mm; in good condition apart from a fine, short diagonal crease at upper left tip of sheet, F&S II79: Sheet 899 by 1215mm, in good condition apart from a short horizontal tear (1cm) at upper left edge of sheet with an associated fine crease, a fine diagonal crease at upper left tip of sheet, occasional slight scuffing only visible in a raking light, F&S II 80: Sheet: 900 by 1215mm, in good condition apart from a minute area of skinning and associated pigment loss at upper left edge of sheet, very occasional slight scuffing only visible in a raking light, minute remains of paper tape at extreme upper right edge of sheet verso, occasional very slight handling marks verso, F&S II 81: Sheet 900 by 1211mm; in good condition apart from the sheet slightly reduced along right edge of sheet, remains of white paper tape along edges of sheet verso partly covering the signature, F&S II 82: Sheet 900 by 1215mm; in good condition apart from colours slightly attenuated, minute pigment loss at extreme lower right tip of sheet, a short diagonal crease at upper left corner with slight craquelure recto, a minute area of pigment loss at upper left tip of sheet, a band of skinning along upper left edge of sheet verso, very slight occasional scuffing only visible in a raking light, F&S II.83: Sheet 899 by 1215mm; in good condition apart from minute skinned areas with associated pigment loss along extreme lower centre edge. Each framed.
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