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    International Modern and Contemporary Art

    Jumeirah Emirates Towers Hotel

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    31 October 2007

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    • Andy Warhol (American, 1928-19
    Lot 171

    Andy Warhol (American, 1928-1987)

    Chanel

    Price realised

    USD 145,000

    Estimate

    USD 50,000 - USD 70,000

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    Andy Warhol (American, 1928-1987)
    Chanel
    signed and numbered '137/190 Andy Warhol' (lower left); stamped 'ANDY WARHOL 1985. PUBLISHER: RONALD FELDMAN FINE ARTS, INC. NEW YORK' and 'The Chanel Classic Bottle, No. 5 CHANEL and THE MOST TREASURED NAME IN PERFUME are registered trademarks of Chanel, Inc.' (on the reverse)
    screenprint on paper
    38 x 38in. (96.5 x 96.5cm.)
    Executed in 1985, this work is number one hundred and thirty seven from an edition of one hundred and ninety plus thirty artist proofs

    Provenance

    The Estate of Andy Warhol, New York.
    Private Collection, London.

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    Literature and exhibited

    Literature

    F. Feldman & J. Schellmann (eds.), Andy Warhol Prints: A Catalogue Raisonné, New York 1985, no. 354 (another from the edition illustrated in colour, p. 107).
    F. Feldman & J. Schellmann (eds.), Andy Warhol Prints: A Catalogue Raisonné, New York 2003, no. II.354 (another from the edition illustrated in colour, p. 147)


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