• Post-War and Contemporary Morn auction at Christies

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    13 November 2013

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    • Andy Warhol (1928-1987)
    Lot 158

    Andy Warhol (1928-1987)

    Two Dollar Bill

    Price realised

    USD 305,000

    Estimate

    USD 240,000 - USD 300,000

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    Andy Warhol (1928-1987)
    Two Dollar Bill
    signed and dated twice 'Andy Warhol 62' (on the reverse)
    synthetic polymer and silkscreen inks on canvas
    9 x 14 in. (22.8 x 35.5 cm.)
    Painted in 1962.

    Provenance

    Private collection, acquired from the artist
    Anon. sale; Sotheby's, New York, 3 May 1988, lot 201A
    Galerie 1900-2000, Paris
    Galerie Isy Brachot, Bruxelles
    Anon. sale; Drout Richelieu, Paris, 8 December 1997, lot 350
    Art Mediation International, Paris
    Acquired from the above by the present owner, 1998

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    Literature and exhibited

    Literature

    G. Frei and N. Printz, The Andy Warhol Catalogue Raisonné: Paintings and Sculptures 1961-1963, New York, 2002, vol. 01, pp. 145 and 150, no. 166 (illustrated in color).


    Exhibited

    Bruxelles and Paris, Galerie Isy Brachot, Andy Warhol, October 1989-March 1990, p. 43 (illustrated).
    Paris, Musée de la Poste, Les couleurs de l'argent, November 1991-February 1992, p. 140 (illustrated).


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