Lot 244
  • 244

Andy Warhol

Estimate
50,000 - 70,000 GBP
bidding is closed

Description

  • Andy Warhol
  • The Mark of the Beast - Positive and Negative
  • stamped by the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts and numbered PA10.027 and PA10.263 on the overlap
  • acrylic and silkscreen ink on canvas, in two parts
  • each: 50.8 by 40.6cm.; 20 by 16in.
  • Executed in 1985-1986.

Provenance

The Estate of Andy Warhol, New York
Acquired directly from the above by the present owner

Condition

Colour: The colours in the catalogue illustration are fairly accurate, although the white of the background in the white panel tends more towards ivory in the original. Condition: This work is in very good condition. No restoration is apparent when examined under ultraviolet light. white panel: There are a few scattered fine cracks to the black pigment on the hand, only visible upon close inspection. black panel: There are fine and stable drying cracks in places to the black pigment. There are two small paint losses in the upper left quadrant; one towards the top left corner tip, and one approximately 10cm. below this. There is a stable feather crack above the left of the 'm' in the lower left quadrant.
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