Eleven Warhols lead array of American Pop at Bonhams Prints sale

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Eleven Warhols lead array of American Pop at Bonhams Prints sale
Andy Warhol (American, 1928-1987), Electric Chair. Screenprint in colours, 1971, on wove paper, 902 x 1215mm. Estimate: 8,000 - 12,000. Photo: Bonhams.



LONDON.- Famous images by Andy Warhol are amongst the highlights of Bonhams Prints and Multiples on Tuesday 27 June at Bonhams New Bond Street. Leading the selection is Chanel, from Ads, a screenprint in colours from 1985, which has an estimate of £80,000-120,000.

The screenprint master, Andy Warhol (1928-1987) was obsessed with the proliferation of images, especially those of famous faces and of advertising imagery. The sale includes 11 prints by Warhol, including Oyster Stew, from Campbell's Soup II (estimate: £25,000-35,000), Electric Chair (estimate: £8,000-12,000), and two separate versions of Mick Jagger, from Mick Jagger Portfolio (estimated £60,000-80,000, and £40,000-60,000). The strong section of American Pop prints also features Crying Girl by Roy Lichtenstein (1923-1997). Featuring his signature comic style imagery, the print has an estimate of £30,000 - 50,000.

Carolin von Massenbach, Head of Bonhams Prints Department in the UK, commented: “Bonhams Prints has always offered an incredibly strong and diverse selection, and this sale is a particularly wonderful example of what we have to offer, with some of the most famous prints by some of the biggest names. Our selection of American Pop Art prints is especially strong, with 11 works by the master of the medium – Andy Warhol. This is a perfect opportunity for collectors to own a picture of an icon, by an icon.”

The sale will also feature a strong selection of British prints, led by The Arrival of Spring in Woldgate, East Yorkshire in 2011 (twenty eleven) (2011), an iPad drawing by David Hockney R.A. (British, born 1937), which has an estimate of £80,000 - 120,000. Other prints by Hockney include Untitled No.346, from A Bigger Book: Art edition B (2010/2016), estimated at £15,000-20,000, and Pool Made with Paper and Blue Ink for Book (1980), estimated at £25,000-35,000, demonstrating an array of works across the artist’s career.

There will also be a number of works by Banksy (1974) in the sale, including the rare work Choose your Weapon (Bright Pink) (2011), which has an estimate of £70,000-100,000.

True to the diversity of the sale the European Masters selection on offer is also especially strong, led by a collection of prints by Marc Chagall (1887-1985), including Le Grand Bouquet (1963), estimated at £20,000-30,000.

Other highlights include:

• Di Faced Tenner (Pink) by Banksy (b.1974). Estimate at £50,000-70,000.

• Who Cares Wins (Unique), (2014/2021), Harland Miller (b. 1964). Estimate: £50,000-70,000.

• Pumpkin (2000) (Yellow) by Yayoi Kusama (b. 1929). Estimate: £20,000-30,000

• Le Mort de Dorcon, from Daphnis et Chloé, (1961) by Marc Chagall (1887-1985). Estimate: £20,000-30,000.










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