Lot 202
  • 202

Andy Warhol

Estimate
200,000 - 300,000 USD
bidding is closed

Description

  • Andy Warhol
  • Ladies and Gentleman (Two Works)
  • acrylic and silkscreen ink on canvas, in 2 parts
  • Each: 14 by 11 in. 35.6 by 27.9 cm.
  • Executed in 1975, both panels are stamped by the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc. and respectively numbered (i): PA35.007 and (ii): PA35.078

Provenance

Estate of the Artist
Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, New York
Acquired by the present owner from the above in April 2000

Exhibited

(i): Philadelphia, Institute of Contemporary Art, University of Pennsylvania; Omaha, Joslyn Art Museum; Greensboro, Weathespoon Art Gallery, University of North Carolina, Greensboro, Face Off: The Portrait in Recent Art, September 1994 - May 1995
(ii): New York, The Museum of Modern Art, Andy Warhol: A Retrospective, May 1989 - September 1990

Condition

i: This work is in very good condition overall and the surface has recently benefited from a recent topical cleaning by Amann + Estabrook Conservation. There is some fine craquelure at the pull margins and evidence of light wear along the edges. The surface and textural nuances are inherent to the artist's working method. ii: This work is in very good condition overall and the surface has recently benefited from a recent topical cleaning by Amann + Estabrook Conservation. There is some fine craquelure at the pull margins and evidence of light wear along the edges. The surface and textural nuances are inherent to the artist's working method.
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