Lot #1058: ANDY WARHOL - John Lennon - Pencil on paper

 

Artist: Andy Warhol (American, 1928 - 1987).
Title: "John Lennon".
Medium: Pencil on paper.
Date: Composed 1980.
Dimensions: Overall size: 15 1/2 x 13 13/16 in. (394 x 351 mm).
Lot Note(s): Signed center right. Unique. Fine condition with no issues whatsoever. Comment(s): Warhol’s image of John Lennon was created just months before Lennon's death in 1980. It was based on a photograph of Lennon by the Scottish photographer Iain Macmillan. The finished painting was used as the cover for Lennon’s album “Menlove Avenue.” Image copyright © Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. [29398-3-12000]