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Andy Warhol (1928-1987)
Lot 241

Andy Warhol (1928-1987)

Dollar Sign

Closed28 June 2012

Price Realised

GBP 217,250

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Andy Warhol (1928-1987)
Dollar Sign
signed, inscribed and dated 'to elaine Andy Warhol 82' (on the overlap)
synthetic polymer silkscreen ink on canvas
10 x 8in. (25.4 x 20.3cm.)
Executed in 1982

Private Collection (acquired directly from the artist).
Anon. sale, Sotheby's New York, 27 February 1990, lot. 220.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.

Specialist note

'I like money on the wall... say you were going to buy a... painting. I think you should take that money, tie it up, and hang it on the wall. Then we someone visited you, the first thing they would see is the money on the wall'

(A. Warhol, The Philosophy of Andy Warhol: From A to B and Back Again, New York 1975, p. 134).