Lot 187
  • 187

ANDY WARHOL | Mao (F. & S. II.95)

Estimate
15,000 - 25,000 GBP
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Description

  • Andy Warhol
  • Mao (F. & S. II.95)
  • sheet: 915 by 915mm 36 by 36in
Screenprint in colours, 1972, a printer's proof aside from the signed and numbered edition of 250 (total edition includes 50 artist's proofs), with the artist's copyright stamp and the printer's stamp verso, published by Castelli Graphics and Multiples, New York, printed by Styria Studio, New York, on wove paper, framed

Provenance

Acquired directly from the printer in the late 1970's; sale Christie's, London, 29 March 2017, Lot 226; acquired from the above by the present owner

Condition

The full sheet, in good condition apart from slight paper discoloration in the unprinted areas and along sheet edges, a small handling crease (measuring approx. 2cm) running horizontally in the black area of Mao's neck, some minor skinning and residual hinging at centre verso, slight backboard-staining, framed.
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