Contemporary Day Auction

Contemporary Day Auction

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Radiant Forms: Works from a Distinguished Private Collection

Andy Warhol

Flowers [Six Works]

Session begins in

May 15, 01:00 PM GMT

Estimate

1,200,000 - 1,800,000 USD

Bid

1,200,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

Radiant Forms: Works from a Distinguished Private Collection

Andy Warhol

1928 - 1987


Flowers [Six Works]

i, iii, iv and vi: signed with the artist's initials and dated 64 (on the overlap)

ii and v: signed and dated 64 (on the overlap)

acrylic and silkscreen ink on canvas, in 6 parts

each: 5 by 5 in.

12.7 by 12.7 cm.

Executed in 1964.


Each work is respectively numbered on the reverse. i and iii are stamped by the Estate of Andy Warhol, and ii, iv, v, and vi are stamped by the Andy Warhol Art Authentication Board, Inc.

i.

Ileana Sonnabend, Paris

Frederick W. Hughes, New York

Thomas Ammann Fine Art, Zurich

Vivian Horan Fine Art, New York

Stellan Holm, New York

Luhring Augustine Gallery, New York

Christie's New York, 21 November 1986, lot 178

Private Collection, Belgium

Sotheby's New York, 15 May 2008, lot 211 (consigned by the above)

Acquired at the above sale by the present owner


ii.

Ileana Sonnabend, Paris

Frederick W. Hughes, New York

Heiner Bastian, Berlin

Jan Eric von Loewenadler

O'Hara Gallery, New York

Donald J. Christal, Los Angeles

Sotheby's New York, 20 November 1996, lot 241 (consigned by the above)

Private Collection, New York (acquired from the above)

Private Collection, Belgium

Sotheby's New York, 15 May 2008, lot 211 (consigned by the above)

Acquired at the above sale by the present owner


iii.

Ileana Sonnabend, Paris

Frederick W. Hughes, New York

Heiner Bastian, Berlin

O'Hara Gallery, New York

Stellan Holm Gallery, New York

Luhring Augustine Gallery, New York

Donald J. Christal, Los Angeles

Sotheby's New York, 20 November 1996, lot 241 (consigned by the above)

Private Collection, New York (acquired from the above)

Private Collection, Belgium

Sotheby's New York, 15 May 2008, lot 211 (consigned by the above)

Acquired at the above sale by the present owner


iv.

Ileana Sonnabend, Paris

Frederick W. Hughes, New York

Heiner Bastian, Berlin

Stellan Holm Gallery, New York

O'Hara Gallery, New York

Donald J. Christal, Los Angeles

Sotheby's New York, 20 November 1996, lot 241 (consigned by the above)

Private Collection, New York (acquired from the above)

Private Collection, Belgium

Sotheby's New York, 15 May 2008, lot 211 (consigned by the above)

Acquired at the above sale by the present owner


v.

Ileana Sonnabend, Paris

Frederick W. Hughes, New York

Heiner Bastian, Berlin

Stellan Holm Gallery, New York

Luhring Augustine Gallery, New York

Christie's New York, 21 November 1986, lot 177

Private Collection, Belgium

Sotheby's New York, 15 May 2008, lot 211 (consigned by the above)

Acquired at the above sale by the present owner


vi.

Ileana Sonnabend, Paris

Frederick W. Hughes, New York

Heiner Bastian, Berlin

Jan Eric von Loewenadler, Sweden

Torben Heckshers, Skodsborg

O'Hara Gallery, New York

Donald J. Christal, Los Angeles

Sotheby's New York, 20 November 1996, lot 241 (consigned by the above)

Private Collection, New York (acquired from the above)

Private Collection, Belgium

Sotheby's New York, 15 May 2008, lot 211 (consigned by the above)

Acquired at the above sale by the present owner

i, iv and v.

Berlin, Galerie Volker Diehl, 1994

Georg Frei and Neil Printz, eds., The Andy Warhol Catalogue Raisonné Volume 2B: Paintings and Sculptures 1964-1969, New York 2004, nos. 1749, 1750, 1747, 1753, 1763, 1751, pp. 134-35, illustrated in color