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Andy Warhol’s Playful Bestiary

Published on , by Philippe Dufour
Auction on 15 August 2022 - 14:30 (CEST) - 73, boulevard de La Croisette - 06400 Cannes

This summer, the Factory's demiurge arrives at La Croisette with two series of silkscreens from 1983, including these mischievous monkeys, looking ready win the prize.

Andy Warhol (1928-1987), Monkey (Toy Painting), 1983, set of four acrylic and silkscreens... Andy Warhol’s Playful Bestiary

Andy Warhol (1928-1987), Monkey (Toy Painting), 1983, set of four acrylic and silkscreens on canvas, signed and dated "Andy Warhol 83" on the back, 36 x 28 cm/14.2 x 11 in each.
© The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc./Licensed by ADAGP, Paris, 2022
Estimate: €500,000/600,000

Like all the series that made Andy Warhol's work famous, Monkey (Toy Painting) features a single image, here in versions of four identical chimpanzees. The dominant color changes, giving each its official title: Monkey/Green, Monkey/Yellow, Monkey/Orange and Monkey/Blue . A mysterious typography in Cyrillic characters accompanies the animals, as we are seeing the reproduction…
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