Lot #343: ANDY WARHOL & KEITH HARING - Martin Fun(d) - Offset lithograph

   

Artist: Andy Warhol & Keith Haring (Americans, 20th Century).
Title: "Martin Fun(d) [double-sided invitation]".
Medium: Offset lithograph.
Date: Composed 1986.
Dimensions: Overall size: 11 x 7 7/8 in. (279 x 200 mm).
Pricing:
  Starting Price: $2,400
  Reserve Price: N.A.
  Auction Sale Price Estimate: $3,000/3,500
Lot Note(s): Signed by Warhol twice in black marker; signed and dated by Warhol twice in the plate; signed by Haring in black marker, lower right. Edition unknown, presumed extremely small. White wove textured paper. The full sheet. Fine impression. Fine condition; centerfold as issued. Literature/catalogue raisonne: Paul Marechal, “Andy Warhol Ephemera…Catalogue Raisonne, 1950-1987.” Lyon, France: Les amis du Musee de l’Imprimerie, 2018, Section 8D, no.41.
Comment(s): Very rare - no auction records located. The double-sided work features two images by Warhol on one side with a Haring composition on the other. The Pyramid Club is a nightclub in the East Village of Manhattan, New York City. After opening in 1979, the Pyramid helped define the East Village drag and gay scenes of the 1980s. Images copyright © The Keith Haring Foundation and copyright © The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. [28614-2-2400-NA]