Andy WARHOL
American 1928 - 1987
Andy Warhol was one of the most well-known figures of the 20th century; not only was he an American artist, print maker and cinematographer, he also advocated Pop Art, dominating the US Art Market at the time. He was known for using the silk-screen printing technique to reproduce popular and familiar images, which echoes the mechanisms of the Capitalist mode of production. Reoccurring themes in his work include celebrities and everyday objects, such as: Marilyn Monroe, Mao Zedong, Campbell Soup Cans, Coca-Cola cans, etc., bringing mass culture to the sacred white-cube art gallery space, breaking the boundary between high-brow and low-brow art. He single-handedly changed how people view art, making art widely accessible and linking it with popular culture; this revolution in aesthetics carries vast historical significance.
Andy Warhol's career spans not only across art and graphic design, but a wide variety of mediums, including creation of new painting techniques, such as early imitations of Chinese “blotted line” method or the “oxidation” techniques of the 70s and 80. He further crossed over to work in movies and music, managing bands like "The Velvet Underground”. Andy Warhol’s "Factory" was founded in 1963, and in the same year, he produced the first underground movie, "Sleep" (6 hours).
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The Beatles
1980
Print
31 x 92 cm
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Estimate
220,000 - 320,000 57,000 - 82,000 7,200 - 10,500 50,000 - 73,000
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Sold Price
660,000 167,513 21,408 148,649
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Lillian Carter
1977
Color screenprint on paper, A.P. 12/20
99.7 x 74.9 cm
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Estimate
420,000 - 550,000 108,000 - 141,000 13,800 - 18,100 95,000 - 125,000
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Sold Price
528,000 134,010 17,126 118,919
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Guns
1981
Print
20 x 28 cm
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Estimate
90,000 - 180,000 24,000 - 49,000 3,100 - 6,200 20,000 - 39,000
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Sold Price
168,000 44,211 5,630
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Flower 66
1970
Screenprint
67 x 67 cm
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Estimate
300,000 - 400,000 81,000 - 108,000 10,300 - 13,800 65,000 - 87,000
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Sold Price
456,000 120,000 15,282
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Dollar Sign
Print, A.P.
29.5 x 21.5 cm
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Estimate
90,000 - 160,000 23,000 - 41,000 3,000 - 5,300
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Sold Price
264,000 68,750 8,794
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Ingrid Bergman with Hat
Print
21.5 x 21.5 cm
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Estimate
60,000 - 100,000 15,000 - 26,000 2,000 - 3,300
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Sold Price
180,000 46,632 5,982
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Ten Portraits of Jews of the Twentieth Century
1980
Print
17 x 14 cm (each)
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Estimate
60,000 - 100,000 15,000 - 25,000 1,900 - 3,200
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Sold Price
108,000 26,277 3,385
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Grevy’s Zebra
1983
Screenprint, edition no. 4/20
20.5 x 20.5 cm
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Estimate
60,000 - 100,000 15,000 - 25,000 1,900 - 3,200
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Sold Price
144,000 35,036 4,513
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Mao
1972
91.4 x 91.4 cm
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Estimate
1,520,000 - 1,824,000 400,000 - 480,000 51,300 - 61,500
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Sold Price
1,600,000 432,000 55,742
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Mao (Feldmann & Schellman II 95)
1972
Silkscreen print in colors on Beckett High White, edition no. 132/250
91.4 x 91.4 cm
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Estimate
1,160,000 - 1,540,000 300,000 - 400,000 38,200 - 51,000
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Sold Price
1,938,462 504,000 64,948
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