Andy Warhol (1928-1987)

Flowers

Details

Andy Warhol (1928-1987)
Flowers
signed twice and dedicated 'TO ISABELLE ANDY Andy Warhol' (on the overlap)
acrylic and silkscreen ink on canvas
5 x 5 in. (12.7 x 12.7 cm.)
Painted in 1965.

Provenance

Isabelle Collin Dufresne, New York, acquired directly from the artist
Jeanne Frank Gallery, New York
Anon. sale; Sotheby's, New York, 16 November 1995, lot 373
Peter P. Marino, New York
Private collection, New York
Anon. sale; Christie's, New York, 16 May 2013, lot 175
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner

Literature

G. Frei and N. Printz, eds., The Andy Warhol Catalogue Raisonné: Paintings and Sculptures 1964-1969, vol. 2B, New York, 2004, pp. 144 and 155, no. 1784 (illustrated).

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Lot Essay

“…I looked around the studio and it was all Marilyn and disasters and death. I said, ‘Andy, maybe it’s enough death now.’ He said, ‘What do you mean?’ I said, ‘Well, how about this?’ I opened a magazine to four flowers.” (H. Geldzahler quoted in T. Sherman and D. Dalton, POP: The Genius of Andy Warhol, New York, 2009, p. 235)

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