Stand 11.05.2023

Andy Warhol

Lot 572

African Elephant. From: Endangered Species, 1983

Silkscreen

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Lot 572

African Elephant. From: Endangered Species, 1983

Silkscreen

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€ 70.000 - 90.000

Auktion: -319 Tage

Van Ham Kunstauktionen

Auktion: 06.06.2023

Auktionsnummer: 500

Auktionsname: Modern, Post War & Contemporary

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WARHOL, ANDY
1928 Pittsburgh, PA/USA - 1987 New York

Title: African Elephant. From: Endangered Species.
Date: 1983.
Technique: Colour silkscreen on Lenox museum card.
Depiction Size: 96,5 x 96,5cm.
Notation: . Signed and numbered.
Publisher: Ronald Feldman Fine Arts, Inc., New York (publisher).
Number: 79/150.
Frame: Framed.

The sheet is equipped with the blind stamp of the printer Rupert Jason Smith, New York. Verso is the copyright stamp of the artist and the publisher.

Provenance:
- Private collection South Germany

Literature:
- Feldman, Frayda/Schellmann, Jörg: Andy Warhol Prints, A Catalogue Raisonné 1962-1987, Milan 2003 (4th ed.), cat. rais. no. II.293, ill.

- One of the most sought-after motifs from the "Endangered Species" portfolio
- At the time, the portfolio was intended to draw attention to the destruction of animal habitats and still proves highly relevant today
- Due to the way it is depicted, the "African Elephant" creates an enormous presence in the room
- Beautiful colourfulness.

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