ANDY WARHOL

Mildred Scheel

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ANDY WARHOL
Mildred Scheel
screenprint in colors with diamond dust, 1980, on Arches 88 paper, signed in pencil, numbered 'AP 33/50' (one of 5 unique artist's proofs, the edition was 50 artist's proofs), with the artist's copyright inkstamp on the reverse, the full sheet, in very good condition, framed
Sheet: 30½ x 43 1/8 in. (775 x 1095 mm.)

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(F. & S. IIB.239)

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Lot Essay

Founder of the German Cancer Aid, Dr. Mildred Scheel was the wife of Walter Scheel who was president of West Germany in the 1970s. Warhol was a personal friend of Scheel's and created portraits of her in 1980 as a fundraiser for her charity.

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