Sale: 503 / Post War / Contemporary Art II, July 17. 2020 in Munich Lot 112

 

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Andy Warhol
Arnold Schwarzenegger, 1977.
Polaroid-Color photograph. Polacolor Type 108
Estimate:
€ 7,500 / $ 8,100
Sold:
€ 9,375 / $ 10,125

(incl. surcharge)
Arnold Schwarzenegger. 1977.
Polaroid-Color photograph. Polacolor Type 108.
With the copyright embossing stamp "Andy Warhol". Verso with the hand-written number "FA 05.02397", the estate stamp and the stamp of the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc., as well as with the hand-written inscription "VP". Unique object. On firm and glossy Polaroid photo paper. 9.3 x 7.3 cm (3.6 x 2.8 in). Sheet: 10,6 x 8,5 cm (4,2 x 3,4 in).
[CH].
• The master of Pop Art photographed the Austrian-American sports icon of the 1970s, -80s and -90s
• In the 1970s Schwarzenegger was "IFBB Mr. World" (1970) and "IFBB Mr. Universum" (1970), as well as "IFBB Mr. Olympia" for six consecutive years from 1970 - 1975
• Early, very personal portrait of the later Terminator
• Unique object
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PROVENANCE: From the artist's estate.
The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, New York.




112
Andy Warhol
Arnold Schwarzenegger, 1977.
Polaroid-Color photograph. Polacolor Type 108
Estimate:
€ 7,500 / $ 8,100
Sold:
€ 9,375 / $ 10,125

(incl. surcharge)