Artist: Andy Warhol (American, 1928 - 1987). Title: "Goethe". Medium: Color offset lithograph. Date: Composed 1982. Printed 1983. Dimensions: Overall size: 8 5/8 x 4 7/8 in. (219 x 124 mm). Lot Note(s): Warhol's autograph signature in black marker beneath the image. Edition very small. Light cream smooth wove paper. Ample margins. Fine impression. Very good condition. Literature/catalogue raisonne: cf. Feldman/Schellmann II.270-273. Provenance: Private collection, Sweden, thence to our consignor. Comment(s): The offset lithograph is the dust jacket of the book “Goethe: Selected Poems,” edited by Christopher Middleton and published in 1983. Warhol’s signature could be easily clipped if desired. A clipped Warhol signature of approximately the same size as our example sold at auction for $3,351 (€2,574) at Cornette de Saint Cyr, Paris, 10/21/2012, lot #310. Image copyright © Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. [29048-1-1600] |