Lot 225
  • 225

Andy Warhol

Estimate
7,000 - 10,000 GBP
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Description

  • Andy Warhol
  • Kimiko (F. & S. II.237)
  • screenprint
  • sheet: 913 by 913mm 36 by 36in
Screenprint in colours, 1981, signed in pencil verso, numbered 81/250 (total edition includes 50 artist's proofs), on Stonehenge paper, with the printer's blindstamp, Licht Editions Ltd., Denver, published by Colorado State University, Department of Art, Fort Collins, framed

Condition

The full sheet, generally in good condition, except for a series of shallow creases along the upper sheet edge (in her hair and extending to the left) that are breaking through the topmost printed surface, two further minor creases below her ear and one in her neck are also breaking through slightly (possibly inherent to production), damp stain at the lower sheet corners verso with an associated paper loss at the right sheet corner (approx. 4 by 1cm), further nicks, pigment losses or paper separation along this edge, a linear scuff mark in the blue background top right, a tiny tear at left sheet edge, pressure marks along the sheet edges, a few soft handling creases and slight warping of the paper at the lower sheet are mainly visible from the verso, framed.
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