Andy Warhol: Yours Truly | An Important Private Collection
Andy Warhol: Yours Truly | An Important Private Collection
Property from an Important Private Collection
Andy Warhol
Vesuvius
Auction Closed
October 27, 02:59 PM GMT
Estimate
40,000 - 60,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
Property from an Important Private Collection
Andy Warhol
1928 - 1987
Vesuvius
signed in pencil and numbered 10/250
screenprint in colors on Arches 88 paper
sheet: 31½ by 39⅜ in. 800 by 999 mm.
Executed in 1985; this impression is number 10 from the edition of 250 plus 50 artist's proofs, with the blindstamp of the printer, Rupert Jasen Smith, published by Fondazione Amelio.
“An eruption is an overwhelming image, an extraordinary happening and even a great piece of sculpture.”
Andy Warhol in conversation with Michele Bonuomo in: Exh. Cat., Naples, Museo di Capodimonte, Vesuvius by Warhol, 1985, p. 35.