Lot 149
  • 149

Andy Warhol

Estimate
15,000 - 20,000 GBP
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Description

  • Andy Warhol
  • Kiku (F. & S. II.307-309)
  • Screenprints in colours
  • each sheet approx.: 498 by 660mm 19 3/4 by 26in
The complete set, comprising three screenprints in colours, 1983, each signed in pencil, numbered 168/300 (total edition includes 30 artist's proofs), on BFK Rives wove paper, with the printer's and publisher's blindstamps, Rupert Jasen Smith, New York and Ryoichi Ishida, Tokyo, respectively, framed

Condition

F. & S. II.307 - The full sheet, printed to the edges, in good condition, a semi-circular handling crease in the lower right quadrant of the image, four tiny cracks to the uppermost layer of ink, a few very faint scuffs, framed. F. & S. II.308 - The full sheet, printed to the edges, in good condition, some tiny dots of pigment loss in the centre of the image (printing imperfection?), the tips of the sheet corners softened slightly, framed. F. & S. II.309 - The full sheet, printed to the edges, in good condition, two minor scuff marks, a very slight indentation at the tip of the upper right sheet corner, framed.
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