Jun 08, 2023 - Sale 2640

Sale 2640 - Lot 155

Price Realized: $ 1,250
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 2,000 - $ 3,000
ANDY WARHOL
Marilyn Monroe Portfolio Box.

Cardboard portfolio box, 1967. 910x940 mm; 36x37 inches. With the edition 208/250 ink stamp, lower left. Published by Factory Additions, New York.

The original cardboard box that accompanied Warhol's (1928-1987) Marilyn Monroe portfolio of ten screenprints. It was the first portfolio published by Warhol's print-publishing business, Factory Additions.

Provenance: Acquired directly from the artist, New York; by Norman Dolph, New York, the cardboard box was used to deliver the Flowers color screenprint (see lot 157); thence by descent to the current owner.