Lot 196
  • 196

Andy Warhol

Estimate
120,000 - 180,000 USD
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Description

  • Andy Warhol
  • Gabrielle Navarra
  • acrylic and silkscreen ink on canvas
  • 40 by 40 in. 101.6 by 101.6 cm.
  • Executed in 1979, this work is stamped twice by the Estate of Andy Warhol and twice by the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts Inc. and numbered twice VF PO50.378 on the overlap.

Provenance

The Estate of Andy Warhol
The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, New York
Acquired by the present owner from the above in 2006

Condition

This work is in very good condition overall. There is some evidence of wear and handling around the edges. There are small pinpoint losses at the pull margins along with scattered fine craquelure. There are two abrasions on the left lateral side. Under Ultraviolet light inspection, there is a small area of restoration to the upper right corner and a few spots located near the lower left corner which all fluoresce darkly. Framed.
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