Lot 299
  • 299

Andy Warhol

Estimate
800 - 1,200 USD
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Description

  • Andy Warhol
  • Kimiko (F. & S. II. 237)
  • sheet 915 by 913 mm 36 by 36 in
Screenprint in colors, 1981, signed in pencil on the verso and numbered 64/250 (total edition includes 50 artist's proofs), on Stonehenge paper, published by the Colorado State University, Department of Art, Fort Collins, Colorado, the full sheet, with two tears at the sheet edges, a horizontal crease extending through the subject's hair and cheek, with associated ink cracking, a second softer crease across the lower sheet

Condition

The crease reaches from the upper left sheet edge through to Kimiko's nose, measures 18 1/2 inches and there is notable cracking in the ink. Tears at the lower left and right sheet edges each measure 1 inch. The one at left turns into a long horizontal crease across the lower sheet. Under a raking light, handling creases are visible and there is some very light surface soiling.
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