Lot #979: ANDY WARHOL - Flowers - Color silkscreen

 

Artist: Andy Warhol (American, 1928 - 1987).
Title: "Flowers [Galerie Thomas]".
Medium: Color silkscreen.
Date: Composed 1970.
Dimensions: Overall size: 36 x 26 3/4 in. (914 x 679 mm). Image size: 27 x 26 3/4 in. (686 x 679 mm).
Lot Note(s): Signed in black marker, lower right. Edition size unspecified, presumed small. Light cream wove paper. The full sheet. Fine impression with fresh colors. Very good condition; image fine, hinging stains far upper right and left, probably front-matted to display the image only, crease under the gallery name well away from the image. Literature/catalogue raisonne: cf. Feldman/Schellmann II.64-73. Comment(s): A scarce poster. Only one auction record located (William Doyle Galleries, November 13, 1996, lot #706, sold at $632). Undoubtedly to be included in the forthcoming catalogue raisonne of Warhol's non-commissioned posters by Paul Marechal. Published by Galerie Thomas, Dusseldorf, for its exhibition in October of 1970. Image copyright © Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. [28384-6-2400]