A set of 10 screenprints of Andy Warhol’s Endangered Species highlight Sotheby’s sale of Old Master, Modern and Contemporary prints in London on March 19. Complete sets of Warhol prints are rare to the market, so this one is estimated at £250,000-350,000. The Endangered Species project happened after a conversation between Warhol and Frayda and Ronald Feldman, his New York art dealers, about beach erosion. His interest and curiosity in animals made him keen to take on the project proposed by the Feldmans. The vibrantly coloured screenprints, produced in 1983, were described as ‘animals in make-up’ by Warhol. They are all portrayed majestically yet betray a poignant resignation to their fate. (Click on image to enlarge it). UPDATE: THE SET MADE £386,500.
Andy Warhol – Endangered Species, Siberian tiger.
Andy Warhol – Endangered Species, African elephant.