ANDY WARHOL HOWDY DOODY PRINT - Howdy Doody, from Myths (F./S. II.263), 1981 Screenprint in colors with diamond dust on Lenox Museum Board, signed in pencil and numbered 171 out of the edition of 200, with the blindstamp of the publisher, Ronald Feldman Fine Arts Inc., An incredibly sought after image, Howdy Doody is one of ten screenprints in Warhol’s 1981 “Myths” portfolio. Unlike many of his well-known works, Warhol’s reproduction of Howdy Doody’s image is not appropriated from the mass media: it is based on a photograph of the original Howdy Doody taken by Warhol himself. It is stamped in black on verso and bears the printer’s chop mark. New York, printed by Rupert Jasen Smith, printed the full sheet, in mint condition. sheet 38 x 38in. This piece has been matted and framed to museum standards in a 45 in. x
44 ¼ in. wooden frame. Unexamined out of frame.