May 13, 2014 - Sale 2350

Sale 2350 - Lot 160

Price Realized: $ 6,500
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 3,000 - $ 5,000
ANDY WARHOL
La Grande Passion Poster.

Color screenprint on cream wove paper, circa 1984. 965x920 mm; 38x36 1/4 inches. Signed and dated in pencil, lower right. Printed by Rupert Jasen Smith, New York. Published by Carillon Importers, Ltd., New Jersey. A very good impression with strong colors.

One of approximately 25 major commissioned advertising projects produced by Warhol from 1980 to 1985, promoting products as varied as Halston mens' wear, Perrier water and Muratti cigarettes. This color screenprint was made for an advertising campaign for Carillon Importers, Ltd. Feldman III B.28.