Auction 517
Evening Sale, Modern, Post War & Contemporary
By VAN HAM Kunstauktionen GmbH Co. KG
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Jun 5, 2024
Hitzelerstr. 2, 50968 Köln, Germany
Terms of sale
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Evening Sale: Wednesday, 5 June 2024
From 6 pm
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LOT 32:
Andy Warhol: African Elephant
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Sold for: €93,000
Start price:
€
55,000
Estimated price :
€70,000 - €100,000
Buyer's Premium: 35%
VAT: 19%
On commission only
Users from foreign countries may be exempted from tax payments, according to the relevant tax regulations
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Andy Warhol: African Elephant
WARHOL, ANDY
1928 Pittsburgh, PA/USA - 1987 New York
Title: African Elephant.
Subtitle: From: Endangered Species.
Date: 1983.
Technique: Colour silkscreen on Lenox museum card.
Depiction Size: 96,5 x 96,5cm.
Notation: Signed and numbered.
Publisher: Ronald Feldman Fine Arts, Inc., New York (publisher).
Number: 133/150.
The sheet bears the printer's blind stamp Rupert Jasen Smith, New York. The artist's copyright stamp is on the reverse.
Provenance:
- Galerie Heinz Holtmann, Cologne
- Private collection Hesse (since 1984)
Literature:
- Feldman, Frayda/Schellmann, Jörg: Andy Warhol - Prints, A Catalogue Raisonné 1962-1987, Milan 2003 (4th ed.), cat. rais. no. II.293, ill.
- One of the most sought-after motifs from the "Endangered Species" portfolio
- At the time, the portfolio was intended to draw attention to the destruction of animal habitats and is still highly relevant today
- The "African Elephant" creates an enormous presence in the room due to the way it is depicted
- Beautiful and intense colours
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Explanations to the Catalogue
Andy Warhol
USA
Pop Art
Photographs
Post-War Art
Prints
1980s
Animals
Print
Colour silkscreen
Nature
