ID 1080808
Lot 40 | Andy Warhol. Beethoven
Estimate value
€ 100 000 – 150 000
1928 Pittsburgh, PA/USA - 1987 New York
Title: Beethoven.
Date: 1987.
Technique: Colour silkscreen on Lenox museum card.
Depiction Size: 101.5 x 101.5cm.
Notation: Inscribed verso upper left: H2.
Publisher: Hermann Wünsche, Bonn (publisher).
Frame: Framed.
The work is a trial print that appeared outside the 4-part portfolio. This unique colour variant was intended for the publisher Hermann Wünsche. The designation "H 2" on the reverse stands for Hermann (Wünsche). The work does not bear the dry stamp of the printer Rupert Jasen Smith, New York.
We would like to thank the estate of Hermann Wünsche for their kind advice.
Provenance:
- Estate of Hermann Wünsche, Bonn
- Galerie Burkhard Eikelmann, Düsseldorf
- Private collection North Rhine-Westphalia
Literature:
- Feldman, Frayda/Schellmann, Jörg: Andy Warhol - Prints, A Catalogue Raisonné 1962-1987, Milan 2003 (4th ed.), II.B.390-393.
- One of the artist's outstanding portraits, painted shortly before his death
- The portrait was commissioned by Hermann Wünsche on the occasion of the 2000th anniversary of the then German capital Bonn
- Expressive colour variation with camouflage pattern
- Unique Work.
| Artist: | Andy Warhol (1928 - 1987) |
|---|---|
| Applied technique: | Screen printing |
| Auction house category: | Post War Prints |
| Artist: | Andy Warhol (1928 - 1987) |
|---|---|
| Applied technique: | Screen printing |
| Auction house category: | Post War Prints |
| Address of auction |
VAN HAM Kunstauktionen GmbH Hitzelerstr. 2 50968 Köln Germany | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Preview |
| ||||||||||||||
| Phone | +49 221 92586215 | ||||||||||||||
| Fax | +49 221 92 58 62 4 | ||||||||||||||
| Buyer Premium | 32% | ||||||||||||||
| Conditions of purchase | Conditions of purchase | ||||||||||||||
| Business hours | Business hours
|














