Andy Warhol: Yours Truly | An Important Private Collection
Andy Warhol: Yours Truly | An Important Private Collection
Property from an Important Private Collection
Andy Warhol
Beethoven
Auction Closed
October 27, 02:59 PM GMT
Estimate
250,000 - 450,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
Property from an Important Private Collection
Andy Warhol
1928 - 1987
Beethoven
each signed in pencil by the Executor of the Estate of Andy Warhol, the publisher and the printer, and numbered 11/60 on the stamped certificate of authenticity on the verso
the complete set of four screenprints in colors on Lenox Museum Board
sheets: 40 by 40 in. 1016 by 1016 mm.
Executed in 1987; this set is number 11 from the edition of 60 plus 15 artist's proofs, with the blindstamp of the printer, Rupert Jasen Smith, published by Herman Wünsche.
(4 prints)
Shortly before his death in 1987, Warhol created a set of portraits of the German composer, widely considered one of the greatest musical geniuses of all time and celebrated for his innovative and revolutionary compositions which challenged convention and ushered in a new era in music history. Like Warhol, he explored new frontiers of his medium, transcending time and breaking down barriers.
Just as Beethoven was a towering figure during his lifetime, immortalized ever since through his music, Warhol’s iconic image-making process bestows the composer with rock star status.