Lot 159
  • 159

Andy Warhol

Estimate
10,000 - 15,000 EUR
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Description

  • Andy Warhol
  • Reigning Queens: Queen Beatrix (F. & S. II.339)
  • Sheet:
The screenprint printed in colours, 1985, signed and numbered ... in pencil,on Lenox Museum Board, the full sheet, printed to the edges, printed by Rupert Jasen Smith, New York, published by George C.P. Mulder, Amsterdam, with the Andy Warhol copyrightstamp on the reverse, in mint condition

Provenance

Galerie Bébert, Rotterdam
Acquired from the above in 1987

Exhibited

Zevenaar, Turmac, 30 jaar Peter Stuyvesant Collectie: Hommage à Spinoza, 1990
Barcelona, Fondación Miró; Zaragoza, Palacio de la Lonja; Valencia, Museo de la Ciudad, El Arte funciona, 1992
Paris, École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux Arts, l'Art actif, 1992

Condition

Printed to the edges of the sheet. Possibly very slightly reduced by 2 mm. In good condition apart from slight rubbing along the edges in the silver grey area. The rubbing also in the signature in the word 'Andy' and probably redrawn in different pencil. Other occasional scuff marks in grey. A pale water stain (?) at the lower left corner of the sheet verso. Other very slight rubbing in the background, only visible in raking light. Otherwise in fresh condition.
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Catalogue Note

Screenprint in colours, 1985, signed in pencil, numbered 17/40, printed by Rupert Jasen Smith, New York, published by George C.P. Mulder, Amsterdam, on Lenox Museum Board
Sheet: 99,8 by 79,8 cm.