Lot 193
  • 193

Andy Warhol

Estimate
50,000 - 70,000 GBP
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Description

  • Andy Warhol
  • Muhammad Ali (F. & S. II.179-182)
  • screenprints
  • each sheet: 1016 by 762mm 40 by 30in
The complete set, comprising four screenprints in colours, 1978, each signed in felt-tip pen, also signed by the subject, each numbered 85/150 (total edition includes 10 artist's proofs), on Strathmore Bristol paper, published by Andy Warhol Enterprises, Inc., New York, with their copyright inkstamp on the verso, framed

Condition

The full sheets, printed to the edges, in good fresh condition, each framed. Minor imperfections include: F. 179: with a minor handling crease at lower left corner and two faint finger print marks at bottom of left sheet edge in the brown area. F. 180: a minor handling crease in the subject's hair at centre right, a horizontal faint pressure mark along extreme upper sheet edge, occasional minor handling and finger marks along upper sheet edge, a minor crease in lower left tip of corner, inconsistency in the ink in the blue background at upper right (most likely inherent to production). F. 181: a faint vertical scuff marks along lower sheet edge from previous framing, a half-moon shaped inconsistency in the blue background at lower left sheet edge (most likely inherent to production).
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