Live Auction 2599Post-War & Contemporary Art Afternoon Session
Andy Warhol (1928-1987)
Lot 407 Works from the Douglas S. Cramer Collection

Andy Warhol (1928-1987)

Mao

Closed15 November 2012

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USD 746,500

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Andy Warhol (1928-1987)
Mao
signed, dedicated and dated twice 'To Bob Cocallo 74 Andy Warhol 74' (on the overlap)
synthetic polymer and silkscreen ink on canvas
12 x 10 in. (30.4 x 25.4 cm.)
Painted in 1973.

Bob Colacello, New York
Alan Brown Gallery Ltd., Florida
Michael Kohn Gallery, Los Angeles
Acquired from the above by the present owner

Specialist note

"I've been reading so much about China. The only picture they ever have is of Mao Zedong. It's great. It looks like a silkscreen"
(A. Warhol, quoted in D. Bourdon, Warhol, New York, 1995, p. 317).