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LOT 257:
ANDY WARHOLPittsburgh, 1928 - New York, 1987Mao, 1972Colored print screen, 91,4 x 91,4 cmSigned and numbered 46/250 ...
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ANDY WARHOL
Pittsburgh, 1928 - New York, 1987
Mao, 1972
Colored print screen, 91,4 x 91,4 cm
Signed and numbered 46/250 on the back with “Copyright © stamp Andy Warhol 1972 Printed at Styria Studio Inc. ".
Published by Castelli Graphics and Multiples, Inc. New York
Press: Styria Studio Inc. New York
LITERATURE AND EXHIBITED: Reasoned Catalog Feldman & Shellmann 1962-1987, N.II.95 of a portfolio of ten serigraphs;
A similar example is published on “Andy Warhol Vetrine” curated by Achille Bonito Oliva, Silvana Editoriale
PROVENANCE: Private Collection
Following President Nixon's visit to China in 1972, Warhol creates a series of images that immortalize the leader Chinese Mao Zedong, turning him into a pop icon international. The complete portfolio was exhibited in 1979 at
Whitney Museum of American Art.
