Lot 54
  • 54

Andy Warhol

Estimate
30,000 - 40,000 USD
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Description

  • Andy Warhol
  • New Coke
  • screenprint on two attached sheets of color-acid paper
  • 35 1/8 by 25 1/2 in.
  • 89.2 by 64.8 cm.
  • Executed circa 1985, this work is stamped by the Estate of Andy Warhol and the Andy Warhol Foundation for the visual Arts, Inc and numbered VP11.20.

Provenance

Paul Kasmin Gallery, New York

Condition

Not examined out of frame; whole work visible. Upper Sheet: Scuff marks to sheet upper right and left. Minut tear approx. 7 inches from top at right edge. Two tears approx. 7 inches from top at left edge (one tear sapprox. 1/8 in. long and the other approx. 1/4 inch long). Scattered handling creases and slight discoloration. Lower Sheet: Overlaps top sheet approx. 1/4 inch.; V-shape loss to sheet upper right edge and scuff mark by loss. Hard crease lower left corner. Loss with approx. 1/2 inch tear lower right at edge approx. 8 inch from. Vertical tear approx. 1-inch in length. to the right of loss and lower right corner missing. bump to sheet with associated loss and tear approx. 3 inches from bottom right corner. Diagonal tear approx. 1-inch in length and bump to sheet with tear above. Scattered handling creases and overall discoloration. A few stray paint marks (most likely from studio).
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