Name: ANDY WARHOL (1928-1987)
Brand: Karen Kain
Price: 13000.00 USD
Availability: SoldOut

ANDY WARHOL (1928-1987)
Karen Kain
screenprint in colors with diamond dust, on Lenox Museum Board, 1980, signed by the artist and Karen Kain in pencil, numbered 84/200 (there were also 30 artist's proofs), published by William Hechter, Toronto, Canada, with the artist's ink stamp on the reverse
Sheet: 39⁷⁄₈ x 31⁷⁄₈ in. (1013 x 810 mm.)

Feldman & Schellmann II.236

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Lot Essay

In 1979, Warhol began using diamond dust in the ink of his prints, as seen in this portrait of Karen Kain, a longtime principal ballet dancer for the National Ballet of Canada. The print is inspired by a Polaroid photograph of the dancer taken by Warhol.