Lot 242
  • 242

Andy Warhol

Estimate
30,000 - 40,000 GBP
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Description

  • Andy Warhol
  • Red Lenin (F. & S. II.403)
  • signed by the executor of the Andy Warhol Estate, numbered from the edition of 120 and stamped on the reverse
  • screenprint in colours on paper
  • sheet: 1000 by 746mm 39 3/8 by 29 3/8 in
Screenprint in colours, 1987, with the stamped certificate of authenticity verso signed by Frederick W. Hughes, executor of the Andy Warhol Estate, numbered 1/120 (total edition includes 24 artist's proofs), with the printer’s blindstamp, Rupert Jasen Smith, published by the artist's estate, New York, on Arches 88 wove paper, framed

Condition

The full sheet printed to the edges, the colours fresh and vibrant, the verso with pale backboard-staining, framed. (Minor scuffing in upper right red background only visible in a raking light).
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