Andy Warhol

Private Collection
Sale: Christie's, London, Post-War and Contemporary Art, 28 June 2002, Lot 222
Acquired directly from the above by the present owner

Henry Geldzahler and Robert Rosenblum, Andy Warhol: Portraits of the Seventies and the Eighties, London 1993, p. 109, no. 32, illustrated in colour

Colour: The colours in the catalogue illustration are fairly accurate, although the red is actually a deep neon pink in the original. Condition: This work is in very good condition. There is evidence of very light wear to the corner tips. Close inspection reveals a very thin, stable and unobtrusive tension crack running intermittently along the extreme outer edges, and a faint stretcher bar impression along the upper and left edges. There is very light buckling to the canvas. No restoration is apparent when examined under ultraviolet light.
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