ANDY WARHOL – The Scream (After Munch), 1984 screenprint (£200,000 – 300,000). Click on image to enlarge. UPDATE: THIS MADE £211,250
WARHOL meets Munch at Sotheby’s sale of Old Master, Modern and Contemporary prints in London on September 19. The auction will feature three exceptional prints by Andy Warhol which appropriate motifs from some of Munch’s most iconic works.
The Scream (After Munch), Eva Mudocci (After Munch), and Madonna and Self-Portrait with Skeleton’s Arm (After Munch) are a rare and enterprising offering from Warhol. The three prints come to auction with a combined estimate of £500,000-700,000. They are from a European private collection.
A woodcut by Edvard Munch which depicts The Girls on the Bridge, one of the artist’s most celebrated and popular compositions, is included. Printed in 1918 it is estimated at £180,000 – 200,000.
Nearly 200 lots which showcase 500 years of print making will feature in the sale.
EDVARD MUNCH – The Girls on the Bridge. Woodcut, 1918 (£180,000 – 200,000). Click on image to enlarge. UPDATE: THIS MADE £205,250
ANDY WARHOL – Madonna and Self-Portrait with Skeleton’s Arm (After Munch). 1984 screenprint (£200,000 – 300,000). Click on image to enlarge. UPDATE: THIS WAS UNSOLD
ANDY WARHOL – Eva Mudocci (After Munch). 1984 screenprint (£100,000 – 150,000). Click on image to enlarge. UPDATE: THIS MADE £121,250