Lot #447: ANDY WARHOL - Orangutan - Color offset lithograph

   

Artist: Andy Warhol (American, 1928 - 1987).
Title: "Orangutan [announcement]".
Medium: Color offset lithograph.
Date: Composed 1983.
Dimensions: Overall size: 6 x 4 1/4 in. (152 x 108 mm).
Pricing:
  Starting Price: $500
  Reserve Price: N.A.
  Auction Sale Price Estimate: $800/900
Lot Note(s): Signed in black marker, lower right. Edition unknown, presumed small. Light cream wove paper. Full margins. Fine impression. Fine condition. Literature/catalogue raisonne: Undoubtedly to be included in the forthcoming revised edition of the catalogue raisonne of Warhol's ephemera by Paul Marechal; cf. Feldman/Schellmann II.299.
Comment(s): No auction records located. The image of this scarce announcement was issued as one of the silkscreens in Warhol's famous 'Endangered Species' portfolio, one of his most sought after series. Published by Ronald Feldman Fine Arts, New York City. Image copyright © Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. [28596-1-500-NA]