Lot 224
  • 224

Andy Warhol

Estimate
20,000 - 30,000 USD
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Description

  • Andy Warhol
  • Self-Portrait with Fright Wig
  • Polacolor ER
  • 4 1/4 by 3 3/8 in. 10.8 by 8.6 cm.
  • Executed in 1986, this work is stamped by the Estate of Andy Warhol and the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc., and numbered FA02.00170 on the reverse.

Provenance

Estate of Andy Warhol
Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc., New York
Pace Gallery, New York
Private Collection
Christie's, New York, November 11, 2004, lot 420
Acquired by the present owner from the above sale

Condition

This work is in very good condition overall. There are scattered pinpoint white spots that are inherent to the artistÂ’s chosen medium. The Polaroid is cornered to the top matte and further secured with archival tape along the verso lateral edges also to the top matte. Framed under Plexiglas.
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