Andy Warhol, Alexander the Great (F. & S. 291-292)

1982
Unique screenprint in colours, on Lenox Museum Board, with full margins.
I. 98.9 x 99.5 cm (38 7/8 x 39 1/8 in.)
S. 101.3 x 101.7 cm (39 7/8 x 40 in.)
Signed and numbered 'TP 4/15' in pencil (one of 15 unique colour variant trial proofs, there were also 65 trial proofs in Arabic numerals and 8 trial proofs in Roman numerals, both on different sized papers, the regular edition was 25 and 5 artist's proofs), with the artist's copyright inkstamp on the reverse, published by Alexander lolas, New York, in co-operation with the Hellenic Heritage Foundation, to coincide with The Search for Alexander exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 27 October 1982 to 3 January 1983, framed.

Provenance

Christie's New York, Prints & Multiples, 30 October 2013, lot 427
Simon Oldfield, London
Acquired from the above by the present owner, 2014

Literature

see Frayda Feldman and Jörg Schellmann 291-292