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. e32q. 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