• Old Master, Modern & Contempor auction at Christies

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    15 September 2010

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    • Andy Warhol
    Lot 204

    Andy Warhol

    Marilyn Monroe (F. & S. II.25)

    Price realised

    GBP 46,850

    Estimate

    GBP 30,000 - GBP 50,000

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    Andy Warhol
    Marilyn Monroe (F. & S. II.25)
    screenprint in colours, 1967, on wove paper, signed in pencil on the reverse, stamp numbered 103/250 (there were also 26 artist proofs lettered A-Z), published by Factory Additions, New York, the colours bright and fresh, the sheet fractionally reduced in height and width, a short crease in the lower subject with some minor associated ink loss, a few other unobtrusive creases and scuffs, framed
    I., S. 908 x 909 mm.

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