Lot 398
  • 398

Andy Warhol

Estimate
5,000 - 7,000 USD
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Description

  • Andy Warhol
  • Watermelon (F. & S. II.199)
  • screenprint
  • sheet: 762 by 1016 mm 30 by 40 in
Screenprint in colors, 1979, signed in felt pen and numbered 110/150 (total edition includes 30 in Roman numerals and one printer's proof), from the Space Fruit: Still Lifes portfolio, on Lenox Museum Board, with the blindstamp of the publisher, Grippi/Zivian, Inc., New York, and with the artist's inkstamp on the verso, framed

Condition

The print is in good condition, the full sheet. With faint white residue on the surface of the purple at right, not showing through to the verso. An inconspicuous horizontal crease at upper left. (Corners slightly soft, with associated hairline crack and tiny paper separation at bottom left corner.) Minor wear along bottom extreme sheet edge and inconspicuous surface soiling at lower right. Verso with thin bands of previous hinging tape along sheet edges.
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