Lot 168
  • 168

Andy Warhol

Estimate
30,000 - 40,000 GBP
bidding is closed

Description

  • Andy Warhol
  • Dollar Sign
  • stamped by the Estate of Andy Warhol, the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts and numbered 24.019 on the reverse
  • graphite on HMP paper
  • 79.3 by 59 cm. 31 1/4 by 23 1/4 in.
  • Executed in 1981.

Provenance

Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, New York
Martin Lawrence Galleries, New York
Private Collection, New York
Acquired from the above by the present owner

Condition

Colour: The colours in the catalogue illustration are fairly accurate, although the graphite is darker in the original. Condition: This work is in very good condition. The sheet is attached verso to the mount in several places. All edges are deckled. Extremely close inspection reveals a few tiny media accretions, mainly towards the centre right edge.
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