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Lot 276
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Andy Warhol

Estimate
30,000 - 50,000 GBP
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Description

  • Andy Warhol
  • New York Post (Madonna: I'm Not Ashamed)
  • stamped by the Andy Warhol Art Authentication Board, Inc. and numbered A177.984 on the reverse
  • screenprint on Lenox museum board

  • 101.3 by 50.2cm.; 39 3/4 by 19 3/4 in.
  • Executed in 1985, this work is a unique variant.

Provenance

Private Collection, Italy
Acquired directly from the above by the present owner

Literature

Freya Feldman and Jorg Schellmann, Andy Warhol Prints: A Catalogue Raisonné 1962-1987, New York 2004, p. 254, no. IIIA.63, illustration of another unique variant

Condition

Colour: The colours in the catalogue illustration are fairly accurate, although the overall tonality is warmer in the original. Condition: This work is in very good condition. Upon extremely close inspection, there is some light discolouration and paper skinning in the lower left hand corner.
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