Lot 129
  • 129

Andy Warhol

Estimate
40,000 - 60,000 GBP
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Description

  • Andy Warhol
  • Mineola Motorcycle
  • stamped by The Estate of Andy Warhol, The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts and numbered PA10.128 on the overlap
  • acrylic and silkscreen ink on canvas
  • 41 by 51cm.; 16 1/8 by 20 1/8 in.
  • Executed in 1985-86.

Provenance

Gagosian Gallery, New York

Acquired directly from the above by the present owner in 2002

Exhibited

New York, Gagosian Gallery, Andy Warhol: Late Paintings and Related Works, 1984-1986, 1992-93, p. 65, illustrated

Condition

Colour: The colours in the catalogue illustration are fairly accurate. Condition: This work is in good condition. There is evidence of light handling towards the corners, and some craquelure in the black pigments notably towards the lower two corners. Further close inspection reveals a small media accretion in the white pigment approximately 6cm from the upper edge. No restoration is apparent when examined under ultraviolet light.
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