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Andy Warhol — Hammer and Sickle (F. & S. II.164)
Andy Warhol

Hammer and Sickle (F. & S. II.164)

A screenprinted trial proof of the Hammer and Sickle motif by Andy Warhol from 1977, featuring the artist's iconic Soviet symbolism. The piece is a unique variant on green paper with archival documentation.

Medium
Screenprint in colours, 1977, an unpublished trial proof on green wove paper, presumably unique on this support, aside from the edition of 50 plus ten artist's proofs, with the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts and Andy Warhol Estate inkstamps verso, annotated in pencil with the AWAAB reference number '070E UT.002', printed by Rupert Jasen Smith, New York, framed

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Prints & Multiples

March 9, 2023

Estimate: $10,000$15,000

Lot 12

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Andy Warhol, Hammer and Sickle (F. & S. II.164)

A screenprinted trial proof of the Hammer and Sickle motif by Andy Warhol from 1977, featuring the artist's iconic Soviet symbolism. The piece is a unique variant on green paper with archival documentation.

Medium
Screenprint in colours, 1977, an unpublished trial proof on green wove paper, presumably unique on this support, aside from the edition of 50 plus ten artist's proofs, with the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts and Andy Warhol Estate inkstamps verso, annotated in pencil with the AWAAB reference number '070E UT.002', printed by Rupert Jasen Smith, New York, framed
Seen at
Sotheby's, New York, London, Hong Kong, Paris

Related themes

Trial Proof, Political Symbolism, 1977, Screenprint, Pop Art, Andy Warhol

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Collected by

Sebastián In Situ, Alex Capecelatro, Art Institute of Chicago, Sebastián Naranjo, Derek Jones, Lisa Rembrandt, Nicholas Blum, Hamilton Selway Gallery, Nick Phoenix