Lot #752: KEITH HARING & ANDY WARHOL - 20th Montreux Jazz Festival - Original color silkscreen

 

Artist: Keith Haring & Andy Warhol (Americans, 20th Century).
Title: "20th Montreux Jazz Festival".
Medium: Original color silkscreen.
Date: Composed 1986.
Dimensions: Overall size: 39 3/8 x 27 9/16 in. (1000 x 700 mm). Image size: 38 1/2 x 25 in. (978 x 635 mm).
Pricing:
  Starting Price: $1,200
  Reserve Price: N.A.
  Auction Sale Price Estimate: $1,500/1,800
Lot Note(s): Signed in black marker by both Haring and Warhol, center left and right; signed in the plate by both Haring and Warhol. Edition size unspecified. White wove paper. Full margins. Fine impression with vibrant colors. Overall very good to fine condition. Literature/catalogue raisonne: Gundel/von der Osten 33 (for Haring); Marechal Posters 47 for Warhol [Paul Marechal, "Andy Warhol: The Complete Commissioned Posters, 1964-1987," pp. 131-132].
Comment(s): There is a second edition of this poster printed by photolithography, date unknown, probably early 1990s. Our example is the original silkscreen published in 1986. According to 'Gordon's Art Reference' the auction record for another impression of this poster (signed) is $2,952, realized at Swann Galleries, New York City, on November 17, 2011. A collaboration between Haring and Warhol for the famous Jazz Festival's 20th annual performances, July 3-19, 1986. Published by Le festival de jazz de Montreux, Switzerland. Printed by Albin Uldry, Bern, Switzerland. Image copyright © The Keith Haring Foundation & copyright © Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. [27841-6-1200-NA]