Sale 7868
London
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15 September 2010
Price realised
GBP 46,850
Estimate
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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