Lot 85
  • 85

Andy Warhol

Estimate
10,000 - 15,000 USD
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Description

  • Andy Warhol
  • Bomb Hanoi; Holy Cats by Andy Warhol's Mother; Andy Warhol's Index Book; Warhol & Corkie: A is an Alphabet [Four Works]
  • ii. titled on the cover
  • i. bound book with stamped front cover; ii. bound book of twenty photo-lithographs and text; iii. pop-up illustration book with offset lithographs; iv. unbound and uncut book of offset lithographs on paper
  • i. 8 1/2 by 5 1/2 in. 21.6 by 14 cm.; ii. 9 1/8 by 5 3/4 by 1/2 in. 23.2 by 14.6 by 1.3 cm.
  • iii. 11 by 8 1/2 in. 27.9 by 21.6 cm.; iv. Each Sheet: 9 1/2 by 12 in. 24.1 by 30.5 cm.
  • i. Executed in 1966.; ii. Executed in 1954.

Provenance

i. Gagosian Gallery, New York
Private Collection, New York
ii. Susan Sheehan Gallery, New York
Private Collection, New York
iii. Private Collection
Christie's, New York, May 20, 2003, lot 325
Private Collection, New York
iv. Collection of Ralph Ward
Susan Sheehan Gallery, New York
Private Collection, New York




Exhibited

i.- iii. New York, Gagosian Gallery, Andy Warhol Drawings and Related Works 1951-1986, February - March 2003, pp. 26 and 95, illustrated in color

Literature

Exh. Cat., Munich, Brandhorst Museum, Reading Andy Warhol, September 2013 - January 2014, pp. 220-223, illustrated in color

Condition

i. This work is in very good condition overall. A plastic sleeve wraps around the front and back cover of the book. There is pale time staining to the book and light wear along the sheet edges. There is a surface stain at the bottom edge of the back cover. All pages are intact. ii. This work is in good condition overall. There is time staining and wear to the pages and covers. The spine of the book is missing, revealing the interior bound pages. iii. This work is in good condition overall. There is wear to the edges and a minor loss at the top of the spine. There is a crease in the bottom right corner of the front cover and time staining to all pages. There are faint surface creases to the front cover and some leftover adhesive residue in the lower center of the front cover. iv. This work is in good condition overall. The sheets are unbound and there is evidence of time staining to each. There is evidence of wear and minor tears to some of the sheets.
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