Lot #1851: ANDY WARHOL [imputée] - Mao - Watercolor and pencil drawing on paper

 

Artist: Andy Warhol [imputée] (American, 1928 - 1987).
Title: "Mao [drawing]".
Medium: Watercolor and pencil drawing on paper.
Date: Composed c1973-1974.
Dimensions: Overall size: 10 1/2 x 9 in. (267 x 229 mm). Image size: 9 13/16 x 6 3/4 in. (249 x 171 mm).
Lot Note(s): Signed in black marker, lower right. Cream wove paper. Fine conditiion. Literature/catalogue raisonne: cf Feldman/Schellmann II.125A. Comment(s): The blue in the drawing (our example) vs. the purple coloration of the silkscreen indicates a preparatory drawing to the silkscreen wallpaper edition published on the occasion of the exhibition at the Musée Galliera, 23 February to 18 March 1974. Image copyright © Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. [28323-2-1600]