ID 1045011
Lot 36 | ANDY WARHOL (1928-1987)
Estimate value
£ 100 000 – 150 000
Golden Nude
signed ‘Andy Warhol’ (lower left)
ink and gold leaf on paper
20 x 16in. (51 x 40.6cm.)
Executed in 1957
Provenance
Private Collection, Minneapolis.
Galerie Ascan Crone, Hamburg.
Thomas Ammann Fine Art AG, Zurich (acquired from the above circa 1980s).
Acquired from the above by the present owner.
Literature
D. Bourdon, Andy Warhol, New York 1989, no. 46 (photo-offset print incorrectly illustrated, p. 54).
E. Lucie-Smith, Adam: The Male Figure in Art, London 1998, p. 166, no. 147 (illustrated in colour, p. 167).
Exhibited
Bremen, Kunsthalle Bremen, Kunst des 20. Jahrhunderts aus privaten Sammlungen im Lande Bremen, 1985, p. 144, no. 220 (incorrectly titled and dated 'Rückenakt mit Händen (Vorzeichnung zu "The Golden Book") 1958/60', illustrated, p. 130).
New York, The Museum of Modern Art, Andy Warhol. A Retrospective, 1989-1990, no. 43 (incorrectly titled ‘Untitled’; illustrated in colour, p. 109). This exhibition later travelled to Chicago, The Art Institute of Chicago; London, Hayward Gallery; Cologne, Museum Ludwig; Venice, Palazzo Grassi and Paris, Centre Georges Pompidou.
Zurich, Thomas Ammann Fine Art AG, Deliberation. Curated by Maison d'Art. Works from the Thomas and Doris Ammann Foundation, 2023.
| Artist: | Andy Warhol (1928 - 1987) |
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| Art style: | Post War Art |
| Auction house category: | Paintings |
| Artist: | Andy Warhol (1928 - 1987) |
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| Art style: | Post War Art |
| Auction house category: | Paintings |
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