Nov 26 at 10:30 AM - Sale 2688 -

Sale 2688 - Lot 68

Estimate: $ 15,000 - $ 20,000
ANDY WARHOL (1928 - 1987)
Douc Langur.

Unique color screenprint with colored paper collage on board, 1986. 457x305 mm; 18x12 inches. Published by Springer/Verlag, New York. From Vanishing Animals.

Provenance
Estate of the artist, with the ink stamps verso.
The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, New York.
Purchased from the above by current owner, Paris, November, 30, 2005.

Note
This lot is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity issued by The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc., with the registration number TOP 89.062.

Additional Details

In 1986 Andy Warhol illustrated the picture book Vanishing Animals by Dr. Kurt Benirschke of the San Diego Zoo. The collaboration brought awareness to the looming specter of extinction faced by some lesser-known endangered animals. Warhol returned to the subject of his Endangered Species series, and created 16 new prints for the project, including Douc Langur, of which the current lot is likely a unique proof impression.