Lot 1048
  • 1048

Andy Warhol

Estimate
200,000 - 250,000 HKD
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Description

  • Andy Warhol
  • Mao (F&S II 93)
  • signed in ball-point pen, dated 1972, number 78/250 with a rubber stamp on the reverse
  • screenprint in colours on Beckett High White Paper
Executed in 1972, this work is number 78 from an edition of 250 plus 50 AP, printed by Styria Studio Inc., New York, published by Castelli Graphics and Multiples, Inc. New York.

Provenance

Mayor Gallery, London
Acquired from the above by the current owner in 1973

Literature

Andy Warhol Prints: A Catalogue Raisonné 1962-1987, D.A.P/Ronald Feldman Fine Arts/Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, New York, USA, 2003, P. 78

Condition

This work is in good condition. There is evidence of slight handling marks along the four edges and some light creases in the center of the work. Along the top edge there is a tear and few specks of touch-ups.
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