Lot 243
  • 243

Andy Warhol

Estimate
15,000 - 20,000 GBP
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Description

  • Andy Warhol
  • Alexander The Great (F. & S. II.292)
  • screenprint
  • sheet: 1003 by 1003mm 39 1/2 by 39 1/2 in
Screenprint in colours, 1982, signed in pencil, numbered 11/25 (total edition includes 5 artist's proofs), on Lenox Museum Board, printed by Rupert Jasen Smith, New York, published by Alexander Iolas, New York, framed

Condition

The full sheet printed to the edges, generally in good condition, a horizontal broken crease in the subjects eye (approx. 10cm), a vertical broken crease extending from the lower sheet edge at centre into the subject's neck (approx. 15cm), further broken creases in the red background (the largest approx. 10cm), a horizontal tear at right sheet edge (approx. 2cm), some inconsistencies in the red ink (most visible in the upper right), some scuff marks and light rubbing, the verso with surface soiling and brown stains in the upper section of the sheet, framed.
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