Lot #974: ANDY WARHOL - Five Dollar Lincoln - Color engraving and letterpress

   

Artist: Andy Warhol (American, 1928 - 1987).
Title: "Five Dollar Lincoln".
Medium: Color engraving and letterpress.
Date: Composed Series 1957.
Dimensions: Overall size: 2 5/8 x 6 1/8 in. (67 x 156 mm).
Lot Note(s): Signed in black marker. Very good condition. Provenance: Estate of a collector, Brooklyn, NY, acquired directly from the artist. Comment(s): During the 1960s-1980s, Warhol occasionally would sign actual U.S.A. currency. Some auction records of signed bills include sales at Boetto (Genova), 04/18/2012; Koller (Geneva), 11/13/2010 and 11/15/2009; Tajan (Paris), 10/26/2009; Boisgirard-Guilloux (Nice), 9/19/2006. Most located sales were of $1.00 bills and a few $2.00 bills; no higher denominations. [26865-1-1600]