Lot 145
  • 145

Andy Warhol

Estimate
12,000 - 18,000 GBP
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Description

  • Andy Warhol
  • Hans Christian Andersen (F. & S. IIB.394-397)
  • Four screenprints in colours
  • each sheet approx.: 1020 by 1020mm 40 1/8 by 40 1/8 in
The complete set, comprising four screenprints in unique colour combinations, 1987, each signed in pencil by the executor of the Estate of Andy Warhol, the publisher and the printer on a stamped certificate of authenticity on the verso, numbered TP 33/36 (trial proofs aside from the edition of 25 plus 8 artist's proofs), on Lenox Museum Board, printed by Rupert Jasen Smith, New York, with his blindstamp, each framed

Condition

The full sheets (the sheet sizes slightly larger than those recorded in the catalogue raisonné), generally in good condition apart from occasional surface scuffs and lightly rubbed areas, occasional nicks to the sheet edges, the sheet corners softened slightly, occasional fingerprints in ink, dots of pigment and areas of stray ink recto, the versos of some sheets with stray printing ink and minor surface soiling, each framed. Other imperfections to individual sheets include: F. & S. IIB 394: 'R/1/2tn' inscribed in ballpoint pen in lower margin F. & S. IIB 396: with a tiny accretion in the upper left of the image and a small inconsistency in the paper tone in this area
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