Lot 271
  • 271

Andy Warhol

Estimate
18,000 - 25,000 GBP
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Description

  • Andy Warhol
  • Beethoven
  • stamped by The Estate of Andy Warhol and the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc., numbered 115.032 and inscribed VF  (twice) on the reverse

  • pencil on paper
  • 80.5 by 60cm.; 31 3/4 by 23 5/8 in.
  • Executed in 1987.

Provenance

Galerie Hans Mayer, Dusseldorf
Jonathan Novak Contemporary Art, Los Angeles
Private Collection, Chicago

Condition

Colour: The colours in the catalogue illustration are fairly accurate, although the pencil is darker in the original. Condition: This work is in very good condition. The sheet is attached to the backing board at intervals on the reverse and all four edges are deckled. There is very slight undulation to the sheet with a few faint shallow creases scattered in places.
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