Lot 42
  • 42

Andy Warhol

Estimate
400,000 - 600,000 GBP
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Description

  • Andy Warhol
  • Mao
  • signed, dated 79 and dedicated on the overlap
  • acrylic and silkscreen inks on canvas
  • 31 by 25.1cm.; 12 1/8 by 9 7/8 in.

Provenance

Allstate Art, New York

Private Collection, USA

Sale: Sotheby's, New York, Impressionist, Modern and Contemporary Art, 17 February 1999, Lot 222

Acquired directly from the above by the present owner

Exhibited

Milan, Fondazione La Triennale di Milano, The Andy Warhol Show, 2004-05, n.p., no. 21, illustrated in colour

Literature

George Frei and Neil Printz, Eds., The Andy Warhol Catalogue Raisonné: Paintings and Sculptures, Volume 3, 1970-1974, New York 2010, p. 252, no. 2470, illustrated in colour

Condition

Colour: The colours in the catalogue illustration are fairly accurate, although the green is much brighter and the brown deeper in the original. The catalogue illustration fails to convey the rich texture of the paint apparent in the original. Condition: This work is in very good condition. Close inspection reveals some wear to the extreme corner tips. No restoration is apparent when examined under ultraviolet light.
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