Lot 130
  • 130

Andy Warhol

Estimate
100,000 - 150,000 GBP
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Description

  • Andy Warhol
  • Marilyn Monroe (F. & S. II.31)
  • screenprint
  • sheet: 914 by 917mm 36 by 36 1/8 in
Screenprint in colours, 1967, signed in pencil verso, stamp-numbered 140/250 verso, on wove paper, published by Factory Additions, New York, framed

Condition

The full sheet, printed to the edges, in good condition, the colours slightly darker at the sheet edges (this is mainly noticeable in the purple and very slightly in the pink), three tiny holes with associated minor pigment loss at upper right sheet edge, the corners softened and with minor ink loss, the ink losses occasionally extending along the sheet edges, a soft handling crease at centre of upper and lower sheet edges, the verso with pale backboard-staining, framed.
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