Andy Warhol (1928-1987)

Somebody with a Body

Details

Andy Warhol (1928-1987)
Somebody with a Body
signed, dedicated and dated 'Andy Warhol '85 Peter Allan' (on the overlap); stamped with the Andy Warhol Art Authentication Board, Inc. stamp and numbered 'A119.062' (on the reverse)
acrylic and silkscreen ink on canvas
8 x 10 in. (20.3 x 25.4 cm.)
Painted in 1985.

Provenance

Private collection
Anon. sale; Sotheby's, New York, 16 May 2007, lot 340
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner

Lot Essay

"The black-and-white images are Warhol's final subversive lexicon of street art images awaiting transposition into art gallery and museum contexts where they will expand post-Pop, postmodern taste" (C. Stuckey, "Heaven and Hell Are Just One Breath Away!", in Andy Warhol: Heaven and Hell Are Just One Breath Away! Late Paintings and Related Works, 1984-1986, New York, 1992, p. 31).

Somebody with a Body

Lot Essay

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