Lot 170
  • 170

Andy Warhol

Estimate
70,000 - 100,000 GBP
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Description

  • Andy Warhol
  • Marilyn Monroe (F. & S. II.23)
  • signed and dated in felt-tip pen on the verso, stamp-numbered 79/250
  • screenprint in colours, 1967
  • sheet: 915 by 915mm 36 by 36in
Screenprint in colours, 1967, signed in felt-tip pen on the verso, dated, stamp-numbered 79/250, on wove paper, printed by Aetna Silkscreen Products, Inc., New York, published by Factory Additions, New York, framed

Condition

The full sheet, printed to the edges, in good condition apart from a fine scuff mark extending through face, a few soft handling creases in face have not broken the ink surface, several further soft handling creases towards lower and right sheet edges, the extreme upper sheet edge with a tiny tear at centre (3mm) and a minor pigment loss at left, slight scuffing in upper right corner, a short vertical crease along lower left edge (6cm), the lower sheet tips softened, backboard-staining verso, framed.
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