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Lot 399
  • 399

Portfolio

Estimate
80,000 - 120,000 USD
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Description

  • Portfolio
  • 11 Pop Artists, Volume II
  • screenprint
  • each sheet c. 760 by 610 mm 29 7/8 by 24 in
The complete portfolio, comprising 11 screenprints in colors, 1965, each signed (the Warhol stamp-signed on the verso), numbered 65/200, published by Original Editions, NY, with text and justification, contained in the original purple-cloth covered portfolio (11 prints)

Condition

The prints are in good condition, the full sheets with fresh colors. Minor imperfections in the individual prints are as follows: D'Arcangelo: on vinyl with a single small area of surface soiling lower right Dine: a few tiny fox marks at lower sheet edge. Jones: two tiny tears at lower sheet edge, an occasional soft handling crease. Laing: on Styrene, showing minor surface wear at right and top. Lichtenstein: With time stain at the edges, a few fox marks in the right margin, and an occasional surface scuff in the blue. Phillips: a small crease at lower right corner, an occasional soft handling crease and nick at the sheet edges. Ramos: a few fox marks at right. Rosenquist: two handling creases at the upper sheet edge. Warhol: minor surface scuffs overall, two creases at upper left corner with additional soft handling creases at top, several nicks at the extreme sheet edge. Wesley: the lower right with two fox marks in the margins, a tiny tear at the sheet edge, a small area of surface soiling upper right margin, the extreme corners showing slight wear. Wesselmann: (a very soft handling crease at upper left corner) The justification with pale scattered foxing overall, time stain at the sheet edges. The portfolio with scattered foxing both on the yellow paper lining and purple cloth, surface scuffs and minor wear at the corners.
In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective qualified opinion.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING CONDITION OF A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD "AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF SALE PRINTED IN THE CATALOGUE.

Catalogue Note

The collaborating artists are: Roy Lichtenstein (C. 38), Tom Wesselmann, Andy Warhol (F. & S. II.14), John Wesley, Allan D'Arcangelo, Jim Dine (Galerie Mikro  36), Allan Jones, Gerald Laing, James Rosenquist (G. 11), Peter Phillips, and Mel Ramos.