Lot 224
  • 224

Andy Warhol

Estimate
300,000 - 400,000 USD
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Description

  • Andy Warhol
  • Campbell's Tomato Juice Box
  • signed on the underside
  • silkscreen ink and house paint on plywood
  • 10 by 19 by 9 1/2 in. 25.4 by 48.3 by 24.1 cm.

Provenance

Private Collection (acquired directly from the artist) 
Sotheby's, New York, October 8, 1988, lot 207 
Acquired by the present owner from the above sale 

Exhibited

New York, Judith Goldberg Gallery, 1983 

Literature

Rainer Crone, Andy Warhol, New York, 1970, cat. no. 640, p. 282, illustrated
Georg Frei and Neil Printz, eds., The Andy Warhol Catalogue Raisonné: Paintings and Sculptures 1964 - 1969, Vol. 2A, New York, 2004, p. 92

Condition

This work is in good and sound condition overall. There is evidence of wear when handling to the box, particularly to the corners. There are some spots of paint loss visible under close inspection. There are scattered surface scuffs, particularly along the length of one side of the box. There are some white media accretions and some discoloration to the brown paint, particularly on the upward facing side.
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