Lot #761: ANDY WARHOL - A Picture Show by the Artist - Original color offset lithograph

 

Artist: Andy Warhol (American, 1928 - 1987).
Title: "A Picture Show by the Artist".
Medium: Original color offset lithograph.
Date: Composed 1976.
Dimensions: Overall size: 33 1/8 x 23 1/2 in. (841 x 597 mm).
Lot Note(s): Signed in black marker, lower right. Tan wove paper. The full sheet. Fine impression. Good condition; remains of tape, verso. Comment(s): Rare - no auction records located. The image depicts an early Warhol drawing of a James Dean-like figure. The design was based on a very early poster on gold paper, self-designed and self-published by Warhol in 1956/57 to promote his book production 'A Gold Book.' Our example was issued for the exhibition 'Andy Warhol: Das Zeichnerische Werk, 1942-1975' at the Kunsthalle, Dusseldorf, Germany, from April 9th to May 16th, 1976. Undoubtedly to be included in the forthcoming catalogue raisonne of Warhol's non-commissioned posters by Paul Marechal. Image copyright © Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. [28526-5-2400]