Live Auction 2824First Open
Andy Warhol (1928-1987)
Lot 45

Andy Warhol (1928-1987)

Hamburger

Closed6 March 2014

Price Realised

USD 167,000

Considering selling a similar item?

Discover its value with a complimentary estimate from our specialists.

More Information

How to sell

Andy Warhol (1928-1987)
Hamburger
signed, inscribed and dated 'SAM Andy Warhol 86' (on the overlap)
synthetic polymer and silkscreen ink on canvas
10 x 12 in. (25.4 x 30.5 cm.)
Painted in 1986.

Galerie Ehrensberger, Zurich
Private collection, Zurich
Anon. sale; Christie's, New York, 17 May 2007, lot 265
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner

Specialist note

"I just paint things I always thought were beautiful, things you use everyday and never think about... I just do it because I like it"
(A. Warhol, quoted in 'An Interview with Andy Warhol,' Benjamin H. D. Buchloh, 1985, in K. Goldsmith (ed.), I'll Be Your Mirror: The Selected Andy Warhol Interviews 1962-1987, New York, 2004, p. 18).