Lot #2914: ANDY WARHOL - Shell Casing - Brass shell casing (spent cartridge)

       

Artist: Andy Warhol (American, 1928 - 1987).
Title: "Shell Casing".
Medium: Brass shell casing (spent cartridge).
Date: Composed 1982.
Dimensions: Overall size: 2 1/8 x 3/8 in. (54 x 10 mm).
Pricing:
  Starting Price: $400
  Reserve Price: N.A.
  Auction Sale Price Estimate: $600/800
Lot Note(s): Signed on the casing in black marker. Edition of 7. Condition: Warhol has signed the object twice: ‘Andy’ and then ‘Warhol’. Both signatures are faded. The primary images have been enhanced to properly show the signatures and their placement on the casing. A small trace of paper on the base remains (from the original mounting),. Provenance: Private collection, Sweden, thence to our consignor.
Comment(s): Very rare. According to Borje Bengtsson, who purchased the Galeria Fernando Vijande archive, the casings were originally mounted standing, on light cardboard. When removed, each casing retained a trace of the paper at the bottom, which ours bears. Signed by the artist at the opening of the exhibition "Andy Warhol: Guns, Knives, Crosses" at Galeria Fernando Vijande, Madrid, Spain, December 20, 1982-February 12, 1983. Image copyright © Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. [29251-19-400-NA]