Lot 172
  • 172

Andy Warhol

Estimate
25,000 - 35,000 GBP
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Description

  • Andy Warhol
  • Marilyn Monroe (F. & S. II.22)
  • Screenprint
  • sheet: 914 by 914mm 36 by 36in
Screenprint in colours, 1967, initialled in pencil on the verso, dated, stamp-numbered 11/250, on smooth 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, the colours strong, a water-stain along lower sheet edge verso showing through slightly recto (approximately 9 by 58cm, with associated craquelure in the pigment in the neck and to the left, and vertical creasing), a few broken creases in the forehead with associated ink loss, a few further minor creases at lower right corner and tips of corners, minute pigment loss along extreme sheet edges, pale mottling in the pink background, pin holes at lower right and at tips of corners, occasional scuff marks, other minor imperfections. The verso with backboard-staining, framed.
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