Lot Essay
“I'd prefer to remain a mystery; I never like to give my background and, anyway, I make it different all the time I'm asked. (Andy Warhol, Moderna Museet, Stockholm, 1967).
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Self-Portrait
Details
Andy Warhol (1928-1987)
Self-Portrait
stamped and dated '© Andy Warhol Enterprises, Inc. 1978' (lower left); stamped with the Estate of Andy Warhol stamp and numbered 'WP890.2' and the Andy Warhol Art Authentication Board Inc. stamp and numbered 'A128.100' (on the reverse)
silkscreen ink on paper
sheet: 45 x 35 in. (114.3 x 88.9 cm.)
Executed circa 1978. This work is a unique screenprint and one of a limited number of impressions for personal use, there was no published edition.
Self-Portrait
stamped and dated '© Andy Warhol Enterprises, Inc. 1978' (lower left); stamped with the Estate of Andy Warhol stamp and numbered 'WP890.2' and the Andy Warhol Art Authentication Board Inc. stamp and numbered 'A128.100' (on the reverse)
silkscreen ink on paper
sheet: 45 x 35 in. (114.3 x 88.9 cm.)
Executed circa 1978. This work is a unique screenprint and one of a limited number of impressions for personal use, there was no published edition.
Provenance
Estate of the artist, New York
Anon. sale; Sotheby's, London, 17 September 2013, lot 312
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner
Anon. sale; Sotheby's, London, 17 September 2013, lot 312
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner
Literature
F. Feldman and J. Schellmann, eds., Andy Warhol Prints: A Catalogue Raisonné 1962-1987, New York, 2004, p. 232, no. IIIA.10 (another example illustrated).
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