ANDY WARHOL | Karen Kain (F. & S. IIB. 236)

Screenprint in a unique color combination, 1980, signed in pencil and inscribed 'TP 14/25', a trial proof aside from the numbered edition of 200, on Lenox Museum Board, with the blindstamp of the printer, Rupert Jasen Smith, New York, published by William Hechter, Toronto, and with the artist's inkstamp on the verso, framed

The print is in good condition apart from a few horizontal streaks of accretion in the hair and background at upper left, a small spot of accretion in the yellow square at upper right. A few slight surface scuffs. Four slightly broken through creases in the edges (three at top and one in lower right corner). A few nicks, mainly apparent in the lower edge. (One tiny nick near the signature.) Some pale mottled discoloration in the peach square to the left of the face. The verso with traces of purple ink and some pale damp-staining on the right outer edge of the sheet.
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