Lot 15
15
WORKS FROM THE COLLECTION OF MICHAEL CRICHTON
Andy Warhol (1928-1987)

Mao

Details
Andy Warhol (1928-1987)
Mao
signed with initials and dated 'AW 73' (on the overlap)
synthetic polymer and silkscreen ink on canvas
26 x 22 in. (66 x 55.9 cm.)
Painted in 1973.
Provenance
Leo Castelli Gallery, New York
Margo Leavin Gallery, Los Angeles
Acquired from the above by the present owner, 1974
Exhibited
Los Angeles, Margo Leavin Gallery, Andy Warhol: Mao, My Mother and Other Friends, April-May 1975.

Lot Essay

"Andy was enthralled by China. It was a perfect match. Here was the man who had painted the soup can over and over in many multiples. And here we were in the nation of multiples, where everybody wore the same kind of suit."

Christopher Makos

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