Lot #2652: ANDY WARHOL - Sportswear Jeans International - Color offset lithograph

 

Artist: Andy Warhol (American, 1928 - 1987).
Title: "Sportswear Jeans International [poster]".
Medium: Color offset lithograph.
Date: Composed 1982.
Dimensions: Overall size: 39 1/16 x 27 1/4 in. (992 x 692 mm).
Lot Note(s): Signed in black marker, lower right. Edition size unspecified, presumed very small. Cream wove paper. The full sheet. Fine impression. Good to very good condition; handling creases; no tears, foxing, holes, skinning, never hinged; presents very well. Provenance: Acquired directly from, and signed by, Warhol at the opening launch of the publication “Sportswear/Jeans International USA.” A copy of a letter detailing the acquisition accompanies the lot. Comment(s): Very rare. Only two auction records located. The poster is unknown to Marechal, although he discusses the Sportswear Jeans International magazine cover and includes a picture of it in his catalogue raisonne (Paul Marechal, "Andy Warhol: The Complete Commissioned Posters, 1964-1987," figure 72, pg. 100). The image on the cover of the magazine is the same as the poster image. Image copyright © Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. [29049-6-2400]