Lot 50
  • 50

Andy Warhol

Estimate
10,000 - 15,000 USD
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Description

  • Andy Warhol
  • Male Torso and Penis (Private Parts)
  • signed and dated 82
  • graphite on 2 stitched sheets of paper
  • 16 by 22 in. 40.6 by 55.9 cm.

Provenance

Collection of Rupert Smith (gift of the artist)
Private Collection (gift of the above)
Forster-Hodes Gallery of Fine Arts, Sausalito, California
Acquired by the present owner in 1989

Condition

This work is in very good condition overall. The two sheets are stitched together along the center and both sheets are hinged on the reverse to the backing board in multiple places. All four edges of the right sheet are deckled and the bottom edge of the left sheet is unevenly cut. There are hairline cracks, soft creases and wear to the left sheet. Framed under glass.
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