Description:
Andy Warhol (American, 1928 - 1987). "Flowers [print]". Color offset lithograph. 1964. Signed and dated in pencil, lower right. Edition unknown - c300?. Heavy cream wove paper. The full sheet. Fine impression with extremely bright and vibrant colors. Very good to fine condition. Literature/catalogue raisonne: Feldman/Schellmann II.6; cf. Paul Marechal, "Andy Warhol: The Complete Commissioned Posters, 1964-1987," #1. According to ‘Gordon’s Art Reference’ the auction record for another example of this print is $62,500 realized at Christie's, New York, 11/12/2012, lot #489. Gordon’s lists 13 sales of this print above $20,000 in the past five years. This "Flowers" image is different from those of the limited edition published in 1970. Based on a photograph of hibiscus flowers by Patricia Caulfield in "Modern Photography," June, 1964. For the famous Castelli exhibition of November 21 to December 28, 1964. Image copyright Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. Overall size: 23 x 23 in. (584 x 584 mm). Image size: 22 x 22 in. (559 x 559 mm). [28955] |16000| {R100} (TL6) uuzzz~uozzz