ANDY WARHOL HAND SIGNED PLATE FROM VANISHING ANIMALS, FRAMED ~ W.LOA
1st Edition. No Binding.
ANDY WARHOL, (AMERICAN 1928-1987)
A spectacular Andy Warhol hand SIGNED color plate of “Butterflies” from his Vanishing Animals series. Signed and inscribed in black felt tip in full signature " Andy Warhol.”
Custom Framed to 20.5 inches x 20.5 inches
The art is in fine condition with the art plate originating from the book "Vanishing Animals" which depicted Warhol’s originals. This one depicts Warhol’s "Butterflies". The sheet size by sight is 10.5″ x 10.5″
PROVENANCE: The art was originally from a signed color plate within the book "Vanishing Animals". The piece will come with a Certificate of Authenticity (LOA/COA), from University Archives, John Reznikoff, who is the of the premier authenticators for PSA/DNA, James Spence and numerous auction houses. (see images)
Created by Warhol in 1986, the outstanding set of Vanishing Animals comprised of sixteen unique silkscreens over paper collage on board. The originals were issued in very small quantities and are very rarely found signed. The originals are also smaller in size ranging from about 14 to 18 inches. As with his numerous society portraits, and as in his prior series Endangered Species (1983), Warhol here presents the animals as "celebrities.".
“Vanishing Animals" reflects a powerful, ongoing interest in and passion for environmental activism as the artist’s life and career progressed. Each work showcases a different and meticulously crafted colorway and approach to composition, alluding to the time and care Warhol took to not only capture the likeness of each animal but raise them to an almost mythological status—one that can be interpreted as a metaphor for the animal’s possible fate.
Warhol produced a series of prints of animals to illustrate ‘Vanishing Animals’, a book by the German-born, American pathologist and geneticist, Kurt Benirschke. The book has fifteen chapters, each concentrating on one animal of a lesser-known species that was critically endangered. This signed plate features one of the prints – a bat. He has incorporated blocks of irregularly shaped colour, which, although screenprinted, appear like collaged fragments of coloured paper. In combining this with hand-drawn lines (also printed), the works appear more expressive than many of his earlier prints. This project (alongside his 1983 portfolio ‘Endangered Species’) shows Warhol’s awareness of and interest in environmental issues. These works appeared circa 1986.
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. Fine. Item #3279.
Price: $4,995.00