Lot #945: ANDY WARHOL - Elvis - Original offset lithograph

   

Artist: Andy Warhol (American, 1928 - 1987).
Title: "Elvis".
Medium: Original offset lithograph.
Date: Composed 1968.
Dimensions: Overall size: 22 7/8 x 22 5/8 in. (581 x 575 mm). Image size: 22 x 11 in. (559 x 279 mm).
Lot Note(s): Signed in black marker, lower right. Edition size unspecified, presumed very small. White wove paper. The full sheet. Fine, strong impression. Good to very good condition; folds as issued for mailing; partial postal stamp verso. Comment(s): Rare - lifetime impressions of Warhol's 'Elvis' images are very hard to find, as the Elvis painting images were not issued as editioned prints, only as a very few posters. No auction records located for this poster. For the group exhibition at the Galerie Heiner Friedrich, Munich, from September 9th to October 4th, 1968. 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. [28513-5-2000]