Aug 13, 2020 - Sale 2544

Sale 2544 - Lot 91

Price Realized: $ 938
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 600 - $ 900

(ANDY WARHOL)


A film still of Mary Woronov and Mario Montez in the film "Hedy," by Andy Warhol.
Silver print, the image measuring 247.7x171.45 mm; 9 3/4x6 3/4 inches, the sheet 254x203.2 mm; 10x8 inches, with the Andy Warhol hand stamp and a caption, in ink, on verso. 1966.

A promotional film still from Warhol's campy, semi-biographical feature film depicting the downfall of Hollywood actress Hedy Lamarr. Mario Montez appears as the leading role Hedy juxtaposed with another Warhol star, Mary Woronov, playing the antagonist.

Provenance: Jonas Mekas, New York; private collection, New York.
"Jack Smith: Wait For Me at the Bottom of the Pool," Boo-Hooray, New York, February 15 - March 1, 2013.