Lot 146
  • 146

Andy Warhol

Estimate
120,000 - 180,000 GBP
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Description

  • Andy Warhol
  • Campbell's Soup II (F. & S. II.54-63)
  • Screenprints on paper
  • each sheet: 890 by 586mm 35 by 23 1/8 in
The complete set, comprising ten screenprints in colours, 1969, each signed in ball-point pen verso, stamp-numbered 85/250 verso, on smooth wove paper, printed by Salvatore Silkscreen, Co., Inc., New York, published by Factory Additions, New York, each framed

Condition

The full sheets, the colours fresh, in good condition apart from very pale mount-staining at the sheet edges, the occasional print with a tiny handling mark in the upper silver background, hinge remains at the centre of each edge verso, each framed. Other minor imperfections to individual sheets include: F. 54 - a minute spot of adhesive just below the can at lower left (visible only upon close inspection). F. 55 - one tiny handling mark in the upper silver background, lower right sheet edge verso with skinning in the paper (circa 3cm and affecting 1mm of the signature), associated with previous hinging method. F. 56 - one tiny handling mark and a small area of minute rubbing in upper right silver background. F. 58 - a small scuffed area in the silver and black ink at lower right with associated ink loss in the silver (most likely a printing imperfection). F. 59 - a couple minute nicks at lower sheet edge at right (visible only upon close inspection). F. 60 - a minute handling mark in the upper silver background, two minute spots of adhesive at lower left sheet edge (visible only upon close inspection). F. 61 - one minute handling crease in the upper silver background and a horizontal soft scuff mark in upper section of the image in the red background between the gold and silver (both visible only upon close inspection). F. 62 - a minute handling mark in the upper silver background. F. 63 - three minute handling creases in the upper silver background (visible only upon close inspection).
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