Andy Warhol (AMERICAN, 1928-1987)
Flowers (Black and White)
Unique screenprint on ivory paper
1974
Dimensions: 40 1/8 x 27 inches (101 9/10 x 68 3/5 cm)
Framed, floating in frame
With the Andy Warhol Foundation and the Andy Warhol Estate ink stamp, verso
Initialed and inscribed "PT O6+ UT.002" in ink, verso by Tim Hunt
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This unique 1974 silkscreen on Ivory Paper, is an unpublished trial proof of a flower that was originally meant to be included in the 1974 “Hand-colored Flower Portfolio”(see Fedlman & Schellmann II 100-109). However Warhol changed his mind and decided not to include it. There are only a few examples known.

The print is stamped on the verso by both the Andy Warhol Foundation and the Andy Warhol Estate, and is initialed in pencil and inscribed PT O6+ UT.002 by Tim Hunt from the Warhol Foundation. The print is also accompanied with the original certificate from the Andy Warhol Foundation. It is extremely rare to have the original authentication letter as these are often lost and can never be replaced.

The print, in excellent condition, measures 40 1/8 x 27 inches and is framed.

Andy Warhol (AMERICAN, 1928-1987)

Andy Warhol, founder and leading figure of the American Pop Art, was born in 1928 as a son of a Carpatho-Rusyn family in Pennsylvania. He began his career as an artist by creating advertising graphics. Already in 1956, he presented his graphic works at the Museum of Modern Art. In the early 1960s Warhol began experimenting with different techniques and started focusing on typically American objects of the consumer society, as for example Campbell’s soup cans or Coca Cola bottles. In 1962 Warhol started with his series of portraits of famous stars, such as Marilyn Monroe or Elvis Presley, who were then at the height of their career. His renowned studio ‘The Factory’ was a meeting point for internationally successful artists, actors and musicians. As early as the 1970s galleries started exhibiting Warhol’s work, which is now part of some of the most famous collections, such as the Modern Museum of Art in New York, the Tate Modern in London and the d’Art Moderne in Paris.