Lot 281
  • 281

Andy Warhol

Estimate
6,000 - 8,000 GBP
bidding is closed

Description

  • Andy Warhol
  • Mao (F. & S. II.125A)
  • Sheet (rolls with three heads, overall size in two parts): 3320 by 765mm; 130 3/4 by 30 1/8 in
  • Sheet (roll with one head): 1030 by 765mm; 40 1/2 by 30 1/8 in
Screenprint in colours,1974, four heads on three rolls, unsigned impressions from the unlimited edition (there is also a signed edition of approximately 100) printed at Bill Miller's Wallpaper Studio, published by Factory Additions, New York, for a Warhol exhibition at the Musée Galliera, Paris, on wallpaper, with margins, occasional scratches and scuffing to the purple with associated pigment losses, handling creases, some broken, other minor defects and surface soiling  

Condition

Please note the pigment losses mentioned in catalogue description. Most visible on the face of the roll with one, and the face of the bottom Mao on the roll with three (the longest part). The dimensions of the two rolls with three heads are the following: 2718 by 765mm and 602 by 765mm.
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