Lot 245
  • 245

Andy Warhol

Estimate
60,000 - 80,000 GBP
bidding is closed

Description

  • Andy Warhol
  • Valentine Heart Ads (Heart Fund)
  • stamped by the Andy Warhol Authentication Board, Inc. and by The Estate of Andy Warhol, and numbered PA 87.005 on the overlap
  • synthetic polymer paint and silkscreen ink on canvas
  • 35.6 by 27.9cm.; 14 by 11in.
  • Executed in 1983.

Provenance

The Estate of Andy Warhol, New York; The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, New York
Sale: Phillips de Pury & Company, New York, Contemporary Art, Lot 319
Acquired directly from the above by the present owner

Exhibited

Paris, Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Andy Warhol Hearts, 2002

Condition

This work is in very good condition. Very close inspection reveals evidence of extremely light wear to the corner tips. No restoration is apparent when examined under ultraviolet light.
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