Artist: Andy Warhol & Various Artists (Americans, 20th Century).
Title: "Rain Dance [Warhol; Lichtenstein; Haring; Basquiat; Ono]".
Medium: Original color offset lithograph.
Date: Composed 1985.
Dimensions: Overall size: 30 7/8 x 22 in. (784 x 559 mm).
Pricing:
Starting Price: $2,400
Reserve Price: N.A.
Auction Sale Price Estimate: $3,000/4,000
Lot Note(s): Signed by all of the five artists in black marker. Edition size per Christie’s is 100; per Phillips 200; per Rago Arts & Auction 1,000. Smooth white wove paper. The full sheet. Fine impression. Good condition. Literature/catalogue raisonne: Paul Marechal, "Andy Warhol: The Complete Commissioned Posters, 1964-1987," #41; Corlett III.33 (for Lichtenstein); von der Osten 19 (for Haring).
Comment(s): Rare when signed by all five artists. According to ‘Gordon’s Art Reference’ the auction record for another signed impression of this poster is $6,875 realized at Christie's, New York (“Prints & Multiples,” catalogue #1965) - 2/7/2008 - lot #647, on presale estimates of $3,000/5,000. Another impression of this poster, signed by all five artists, was offered at $12,000 by Schubertiade Music & Visual Arts, Newton, MA, on March 30, 2020. A collaboration between Andy Warhol, Roy Lichtenstein, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Keith Haring, and Yoko Ono. Published by The United States Committee for UNICEF for the African Emergency Relief Fund, UNICEF. Image copyright © by all five artists. [28636-5-2400-NA] |
