Sturtevant (1924-2014)

Warhol Flowers

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Sturtevant (1924-2014)
Warhol Flowers
signed, inscribed, titled and dated '"WARHOL FLOWERS" e. Sturtevant collection of the artist 1965' (on the reverse)
acrylic and silkscreen ink on canvas
22 x 22 in. (56 x 56 cm.)
Painted in 1965.

Provenance

The artist, Paris
Private collection, Paris
Anon. sale; Christie's, New York, 9 May 2012, lot 453
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner

Literature

L. Maculan, ed., Sturtevant, Catalogue Raisonné 1964-2004, Ostfildern-Ruit, 2004, pp. 60 and 63, no. 65 (alternate view illustrated).

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Lot Essay

"My work has nothing to do with appropriation, the refocusing of history, or the death of art, or the negative questioning of originality. Rather just the opposite, as it involves the power and autonomy of originality and the force and pervasiveness of art." – Sturtevant

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