Details

Provenance

Castelli Graphics and Multiples, Inc., New York

Condition

The 10 prints which comprise this lot are each in overall very good condition.    F+S 90: The colours are fresh. There is soft rippling to the sheet. There is an approximately 9 cm hairline vertical abrasion  located  just  below  the  left  eye  with  associated  ink  loss.  There  is  a  raised  area  of  black  ink  to  the  left temple  not  considered  a  condition  issue but  a  printing defect.  There are  minor  creases  throughout  visible only under raking light.   F+S 91: The colours are fresh. There is soft rippling. There is a minute 1cm. vertical tear centrally located from the upper  edge.  There  are  faint  handling  creases  to  the pink  ink  in  places  throughout  which  are  only  visible  under raking light.     F+S 92: The colours are fresh. There are faint white accretions to the black ink of the nose. There are two minute creases in the upper left quadrant visible only under raking light. There is soft rippling to the sheet.  F+S  93:  The  colours  are  fresh.  There  are  faint  handling  creases  to  the  blue  ink  in  the  upper  half  of  the composition either side of the face which are only visible under raking light.   F+S 94: The colours are fresh. There is a single hairline fibrous accretion to the pink ink in the lower left quadrant. There is a minor vertical handling crease just below the right eye visible only under raking light. <br>F+S 95: The colours are fresh. There is soft rippling. There is an approximately 9 cm hairline vertical abrasion located just below the left eye with associated ink loss. There are minor handling crimps to the left side of the composition which are only visible under raking light. F+S 96: The colours are fresh. There are two short handling creases to the upper image visible only under raking light. There is soft rippling to the sheet. There is some pale time-staining to the sheet edges and on the reverse. F+S 97. The colours are fresh. There is soft rippling. There are three minor handling creases which are only visible under raking light, one in the black ink above the forehead, one below the left eye and one in the yellow ink above the left shoulder. F+S 98. The colours are fresh. There is soft rippling. There is an approximately 9 cm hairline vertical abrasion located just below the left eye with associated ink loss. There are minor handling creases in the upper half of the composition only visible under raking light. F+S 99 The colours are fresh. There is soft rippling. There is a diagonal abrasion with associated ink loss approximately 3 cm. in length and located in the green ink of the upper right quadrant. There are minor handling creases in places throughout which are only visible under raking light. <br> F+S  95:  The  colours  are  fresh.  There  is  soft  rippling.  There  is  an  approximately  9  cm  hairline  vertical  abrasion located  just below  the  left  eye  with  associated  ink  loss.  There  are  minor handling  crimps  to  the  left  side of  the composition which are only visible under raking light.   F+S 96: The colours are fresh. There are two short handling creases to the upper image visible only under raking light. There is soft rippling to the sheet. There is some pale time-staining to the sheet edges and on the reverse.    F+S  97.  The  colours  are  fresh.  There  is  soft  rippling.  There  are  three minor  handling  creases  which  are  only visible under raking light, one in the black ink above the forehead, one below the left eye and one in the yellow ink above the left shoulder.   F+S  98.  The  colours  are  fresh.  There  is  soft  rippling.  There  is  an  approximately  9  cm  hairline  vertical  abrasion located just below the left eye with associated ink loss. There are minor handling creases in the upper half of the composition only visible under raking light.    F+S  99  The  colours  are  fresh.  There  is  soft  rippling.  There  is  a  diagonal  abrasion  with  associated  ink  loss approximately 3 cm. in length and located in the green ink of the upper right quadrant. There are minor handling creases in places throughout which are only visible under raking light.      

Literature

F. Feldman and J. Schellmann, eds., Andy Warhol Prints: a Ca ogue Raisonné, New York, 1985, pp. 54–55, II. 90–99 (illustrated); F. Feldman and J. Schellmann, eds., Andy Warhol Prints: a Catalogue Raisonné, New York, 2003, pp. 82–83, II. 90–99 (illustrated); S. Bluttal & D. Hickey, eds., Andy Warhol “GIANT� Size, London, 2006, p. 507 (illustrated)

Catalog summary

<strong><br>Description:</strong><br>Andy Warhol - American (1928 - 1987) null The complete set of ten screenprints in colours, on Becket High White paper. Each: 91.4 x 91.4 cm. (36 x 36 in). Each signed in ball point pen and stamp-numbered on the reverse, from the edition of 250, the colours bright and fresh, all in very good condition, unframed. <strong>Provenance: </strong>Castelli Graphics and Multiples, Inc., New York <strong>Literature: </strong>F. Feldman and J. Schellmann, eds., Andy Warhol Prints: a Ca ogue Raisonné, New York, 1985, pp. 54–55, II. 90–99 (illustrated); F. Feldman and J. Schellmann, eds., Andy Warhol Prints: a Catalogue Raisonné, New York, 2003, pp. 82–83, II. 90–99 (illustrated); S. Bluttal & D. Hickey, eds., Andy Warhol “GIANT� Size, London, 2006, p. 507 (illustrated) <strong>Exhibited: </strong> <strong>Condition Report: </strong>The 10 prints which comprise this lot are each in overall very good condition.    F+S 90: The colours are fresh. There is soft rippling to the sheet. There is an approximately 9 cm hairline vertical abrasion  located  just  below  the  left  eye  with  associated  ink  loss.  There  is  a  raised  area  of  black  ink  to  the  left temple  not  considered  a  condition  issue but  a  printing defect.  There are  minor  creases  throughout  visible only under raking light.   F+S 91: The colours are fresh. There is soft rippling. There is a minute 1cm. vertical tear centrally located from the upper  edge.  There  are  faint  handling  creases  to  the pink  ink  in  places  throughout  which  are  only  visible  under raking light.     F+S 92: The colours are fresh. There are faint white accretions to the black ink of the nose. There are two minute creases in the upper left quadrant visible only under raking light. There is soft rippling to the sheet.  F+S  93:  The  colours  are  fresh.  There  are  faint  handling  creases  to  the  blue  ink  in  the  upper  half  of  the composition either side of the face which are only visible under raking light.   F+S 94: The colours are fresh. There is a single hairline fibrous accretion to the pink ink in the lower left quadrant. There is a minor vertical handling crease just below the right eye visible only under raking light. <br>F+S 95: The colours are fresh. There is soft rippling. There is an approximately 9 cm hairline vertical abrasion located just below the left eye with associated ink loss. There are minor handling crimps to the left side of the composition which are only visible under raking light. F+S 96: The colours are fresh. There are two short handling creases to the upper image visible only under raking light. There is soft rippling to the sheet. There is some pale time-staining to the sheet edges and on the reverse. F+S 97. The colours are fresh. There is soft rippling. There are three minor handling creases which are only visible under raking light, one in the black ink above the forehead, one below the left eye and one in the yellow ink above the left shoulder. F+S 98. The colours are fresh. There is soft rippling. There is an approximately 9 cm hairline vertical abrasion located just below the left eye with associated ink loss. There are minor handling creases in the upper half of the composition only visible under raking light. F+S 99 The colours are fresh. There is soft rippling. There is a diagonal abrasion with associated ink loss approximately 3 cm. in length and located in the green ink of the upper right quadrant. There are minor handling creases in places throughout which are only visible under raking light. <br> F+S  95:  The  colours  are  fresh.  There  is  soft  rippling.  There  is  an  approximately  9  cm  hairline  vertical  abrasion located  just below  the  left  eye  with  associated  ink  loss.  There  are  minor handling  crimps  to  the  left  side of  the composition which are only visible under raking light.   F+S 96: The colours are fresh. There are two short handling creases to the upper image visible only under raking light. There is soft rippling to the sheet. There is some pale time-staining to the sheet edges and on the reverse.    F+S  97.  The  colours  are  fresh.  There  is  soft  rippling.  There  are  three minor  handling  creases  which  are  only visible under raking light, one in the black ink above the forehead, one below the left eye and one in the yellow ink above the left shoulder.   F+S  98.  The  colours  are  fresh.  There  is  soft  rippling.  There  is  an  approximately  9  cm  hairline  vertical  abrasion located just below the left eye with associated ink loss. There are minor handling creases in the upper half of the composition only visible under raking light.    F+S  99  The  colours  are  fresh.  There  is  soft  rippling.  There  is  a  diagonal  abrasion  with  associated  ink  loss approximately 3 cm. in length and located in the green ink of the upper right quadrant. There are minor handling creases in places throughout which are only visible under raking light.