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Lot 269
  • 269

Andy Warhol

Estimate
35,000 - 45,000 GBP
bidding is closed

Description

  • Andy Warhol
  • New York Post (Madonna on Nude Pix: So What!)
  • stamped by The Andy Warhol Authentication Board and numbered A176.984 on the reverse
  • screenprint on Lenox Museum Board
  • 101.6 by 50.5cm.; 40 by 19 7/8 in.
  • Executed in 1985.

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.64, illustration of another unique variant
Molly Donovan, Warhol: Headlines, Washington 2011, p. 175, no. 78, illustration of another unique variant

Condition

Colour: The colours in the catalogue illustration are fairly accurate, although the white is brighter in the original. Condition: This work is in very good condition. Upon very close inspection, there are a few faint media accretions towards the centre of the left edge and towards the lower centre right.
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