Sale: 513 / Post War / Contemporary Art II, Dec. 11. 2020 in Munich Lot 26

 

26
Andy Warhol
Turtle, 1985.
Silkscreen in colors
Estimate:
€ 20,000 / $ 21,600
Sold:
€ 78,750 / $ 85,050

(incl. surcharge)
Turtle. 1985.
Silkscreen in colors.
Feldman/Schellmann/Defendi II.360A. Signed and numbered. One of 50 artist copies aside from the edition of 250. On Lenox museum board. 80 x 100 cm (31.4 x 39.3 in), the full sheet.
Printed by Rupert Jasen Smith, New York. Published by CBS, Inc., Los Angeles. [KT].
• Released the same time as the film "Turtle Diary" by Harold Pinter.
• The reference to art, film and pop culture is an essential characteristic of Warhol's work.
• Andy Warhol worked as director and filmmaker himself.
• In 1983 the well-known series with animal motifs "Endangered Species" was created
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PROVENANCE: Private collection Southern Germany (acquired in 1999).




26
Andy Warhol
Turtle, 1985.
Silkscreen in colors
Estimate:
€ 20,000 / $ 21,600
Sold:
€ 78,750 / $ 85,050

(incl. surcharge)