Lot 200
  • 200

ANDY WARHOL | Untitled (Imperial Car Detail)

Estimate
60,000 - 80,000 GBP
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Description

  • Andy Warhol
  • Untitled (Imperial Car Detail)
  • pencil on paper
  • 45.5 by 61.7 cm. 17 7/8 by 24 1/4 in.
  • Executed in 1962.

Provenance

Gagosian Gallery, New York
Private Collection, New York (acquired from the above in 1998)
Acquired from the above by the present owner

Exhibited

New York, Christophe Van de Weghe Fine Art, Andy Warhol: Works on Paper from the Early 60s, November - December 2000, n.p., no. 15, illustrated
Berlin, Neue Nationalgalerie; London, Tate Modern; and Los Angeles, The New Museum of Contemporary Art, Andy Warhol: Retrospective, October 2001 - August 2002, p. 112, no. 62, illustrated
New York, Gagosian Gallery, Andy Warhol: Drawings and Related Works 1951 - 1986, February - March 2003, p. 87 illustrated

Condition

Colour: The colours in the catalogue illustration are fairly accurate. Condition: This work is in good condition. The right vertical edge of the sheet is perforated and the sheet has been back lined. There are some staple holes and stretcher bar marks towards the edges, which relate to previous stretching and are visible in the catalogue illustration. There are some small historic tears and holes that relate to this stretching, which have been infilled and consolidated. There is a further diagonal tear to the lower left quadrant which has also been consolidated and is visible in the catalogue illustration.
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