Lot 222
  • 222

Andy Warhol 1928-1987

Estimate
8,000 - 12,000 USD
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Description

  • Andy Warhol
  • Cover to '25 Cats Name Sam and One Blue Pussy'
  • signed, dedicated and titled
  • offset lithograph with hand coloring on paper mounted to paperboard
  • 8 1/2 by 5 3/4 in.
  • 21.6 by 14.6 cm.
  • Executed circa 1954.

Provenance

Estate of Dr. Blair O. Rogers, New York (acquired directly from the artist)

Literature

Jesse Kornbluth, Pre-Pop Warhol, New York, 1988, no. 35, pp. 99-103, illustrated in color (another example)
D.A.P./Goliga Books, Publisher, Andy Warhol: Drawings and Illustrations of the 1950s, Tokyo, 2000, pp. 30-32, illustrated in color (another example)
Frayda Feldman and J¿rg Schellmann, Andy Warhol Prints: A Catalogue Raisonn¿ 1962-1987, Fourth Edition (expanded by Frayda Feldman and Claudia Defendi), 2003, pp. 330-333, illustrated in color (other examples)

Condition

Sheet is mounted to paperboard bookcover on all sides. Overall surface dirt and discoloration in particular two areas lower left. Two tears, approx. 1/4 inch each, and a few other minute tears upper left at edge. Hard crease center right.
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