Lot 138
  • 138

Andy Warhol

Estimate
5,000 - 7,000 GBP
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Description

  • Andy Warhol
  • Ladies and Gentlemen: two plates (F. & S. II.130; and 132)
  • screenprint
  • each sheet: 1113 by 735mm 43 7/8 by 29in
Two screenprints in colours, 1975, each signed in pencil verso, dated and inscribed '@ A.W.E.', numbered 'AP 5/75' and 'AP 7/25' respectively (artist's proofs aside from the edition of 125), on Arches wove paper, the latter framed 

Condition

F.S. 130 - The full sheet (a deckle at the upper and lower sheet edges), the colours fresh, in good condition apart from a tiny loss at the tip of the lower left sheet corner, an area of staining/scuffing (with a small area of pigment loss) to the pink printed area at the right sheet edge, a vertical crease in the lower margin, a handling crease at the extreme left sheet edge (above the image), unframed. F.S. 132 - The full sheet (a deckle edge at top and bottom), in good condition apart from a soft handling crease at centre of upper sheet edge, the sheet edges verso hinged securely at intervals with double-sided tape, the verso not inspected, framed.
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