Lot 249
  • 249

Andy Warhol

Estimate
50,000 - 70,000 GBP
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Description

  • Andy Warhol
  • Liza Minelli
  • stamped by the Estate of Andy Warhol and Andy Warhol Authentication Board, Inc., and numbered A135.992 on the reverse
  • silkscreen on paper

  • 114.3 by 89.2cm.; 45 by 35 1/8 in.
  • Executed circa 1978, this work is a unique variant.

Provenance

Marisa del Re Gallery, New York
Sale: Christie's, New York, Contemporary Art, 18 November 1997, Lot 115
Private Collection
Sale: Christie's, New York, Impressionist and Twentieth Century Works on Paper, 9 November 1999, Lot 499
Acquired directly from the above by the present owner

Literature

Frayda Feldman and Jorg Schellmann, Andy Warhol Prints: A Catalogue Raisonné 1962-1987, New York 2003, p. 298, illustration of another unique variant

Condition

Colours: The colours in the catalogue illustration are fairly accurate, although the overall tonality is slightly warmer in the original. Condition: This work is in very good condition. There is a very light vertical media accretion to the top left of the figure's head and a few extremely light scattered handling creases visible upon close inspection.
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