• Post-War & Contemporary Mornin auction at Christies

    Sale 2220

    Post-War & Contemporary Morning Session

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    11 November 2009

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    Lot 143

    Andy Warhol (1928-1987)

    Camouflage

    Price realised

    USD 86,500

    Estimate

    USD 40,000 - USD 60,000

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    Andy Warhol (1928-1987)
    Camouflage
    stamped with the Estate of Andy Warhol and the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts stamps and numbered 'PA 85.019' (on the overlap)
    synthetic polymer and silkscreen inks on canvas
    20 x 16 in. (50.8 x 50.8 cm.)
    Painted in 1986.

    Provenance

    The Estate of Andy Warhol and the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, New York
    Gagosian Gallery, New York

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    Literature and exhibited

    Exhibited

    New York, Gagosian Gallery, Andy Warhol: Camouflage Paintings, November 1998-January 1999.


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