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ANDY WARHOL (1928-1987)
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(i) stamped twice with the Estate of Andy Warhol and the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc. stamps and numbered twice ‘PA10.383’ (on the overlap and the stretcher)
(ii) stamped twice with the Estate of Andy Warhol and the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc. stamps and numbered twice ‘PA10.156’ (on the overlap and the stretcher)

acrylic and silkscreen ink on canvas, in two parts
each: 20 x 15 7/8in. (51 x 40.3cm.)
Executed in 1985-1986

Provenance

The Estate of Andy Warhol, New York.
The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, New York.
Artwalk 2000, Benefit for Coalition for the Homeless, New York.
Acquired from the above by the present owner.

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Further details

Another from the series is in the collection of the Tate/National Galleries of Scotland.

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Lot Essay

“I don’t believe in death, because I always think that when somebody dies they actually just go uptown (…) they go to Bloomingdale’s and they just take a little longer to get back.” (A.WARHOL, IN ANDY WARHOL’S T.V ON SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE, 1981)

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