Sale: 534 / Contemporary Art Day Sale, Dec. 09. 2022 in Munich Lot 148

 

148
Andy Warhol
Hand with Flowers und Hand with Carnation, 1957.
2 ll.: hand-colored Offset lithographs
Estimate:
€ 18,000 / $ 19,440
Sold:
€ 37,500 / $ 40,500

(incl. surcharge)
Hand with Flowers und Hand with Carnation. 1957.
2 ll.: hand-colored Offset lithographs.
Feldman/Schellmann/Defendi IV.114 and IV.115. One sheet with the estate stamp and the stamp of the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts and the hand-wriiten registration number "PM20.0265“ on the reverse. On slightly structured wove paper. Both sheets: 36.7 x 28.5 cm (14.4 x 11.2 in), size of sheet.
Hand-colored proof copies aside from the book edition of two of the four offset lithographs from Warhol's publication "A Gold Book“ from 1957 (cf. Feldman/Schellmann/Defendi IV. 106-124). [AM].
• Two of the expressive offset lithographs from Warhol's early book publication "A Gold Book“ from 1957.
• The luminous coloring makes for the sheets' inimitable character.
• Apart from a few details, the coloring is in line with the color combination intended for the book
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PROVENANCE: From the artist's estate (sheet "Hand with Flowers“).




148
Andy Warhol
Hand with Flowers und Hand with Carnation, 1957.
2 ll.: hand-colored Offset lithographs
Estimate:
€ 18,000 / $ 19,440
Sold:
€ 37,500 / $ 40,500

(incl. surcharge)