Pelé

Name: ANDY WARHOL (1928-1987)
Brand: Pelé
Price: 16000.00 USD
Availability: SoldOut

Price Realised USD 20,160

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USD 7,000 - USD 10,000

Closed: 31 Mar 2022

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ANDY WARHOL (1928-1987)

Pelé

Price Realised USD 20,160

Closed: 31 Mar 2022

Price Realised USD 20,160

Closed: 31 Mar 2022

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ANDY WARHOL (1928-1987)
Pelé
stamped with the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts and the Estate of Andy Warhol stamps and numbered 'FA05.00462' (on the reverse)
unique polaroid print
4¹⁄₄ x 3³⁄₈ in. (10.8 x 8.6 cm.)
Executed circa 1977.

Estate of Andy Warhol, New York
The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, New York

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Lot Essay

Wednesday, July 13, 1977
Cabbed up to Rockefeller Plaza to the Warner Communications offices to see Pelé, the soccer player who was being photographed for . He was adorable, he remembered meeting me at Regine’s once. We were on the thirtieth floor. He’s sort of funny-looking, but then when he smiles he looks beautiful. He has his own office up there, and they’re making Pelé t-shirts and hats and cartoons.
Excerpt from © The Andy Warhol Foundation. Used with permission.