Four Marilyns Poster 1985 HS

Year1985

Hand SignedLower Right in Pencil 

Condition Other - minor cracks, scruffs and bends to paper due to age. Colors still vibrant and signature clearly readable. 

Not Framed 

Purchased fromAuction House 

Story / Additional InfoThis rare poster features Warhol's famous painting 'Four Marilyns' from 1962. It was published to advertise the exhibition 'Works from the Illeana and Michael Sonnabend Collection' at the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis in 1985 just two years before Warhol's death in 1987. The poster was printed by Poster Originals, New York. 

Certificate of AuthenticityArt Brokerage 

LID141763

Andy Warhol - United States

Andy Warhol. American. Born Andrew Warhola 1928 in Pittsburgh, PA. Died 1987.Obsessed with celebrity and consumer culture, Pop artist Andy Warhol created some of the most iconic images of the 20th century. Warhol was the most successful and highly paid commercial illustrator in New York even before he began to make art destined for museums and major collections.Andy Warhol would use many mediums to produce art: video, sculpture, painting, and printmaking. He extensively used screen printing from 1962 to 1987.At the start of the 1970s Andy Warhol began publishing Interview magazine and renewed his focus on painting. Works created in this decade include Mao, Skulls, Hammer and Sickles, Torsos and Shadows and many commissioned portraits. His screen-printed images of Marilyn Monroe, Campbell soup cans, and sensational newspaper stories, quickly became synonymous with Pop art. He took what he saw around him and turned it into high art.Warhol's 1963 8'x13' Silver Car Crash painting sold in 2017 for $105million. His paintings continue to fetch record prices. His signed and numbered graphics are in great demand worldwide. Art Brokerage is a world leader in marketing secondary prints and original paintings.We are buying and paying cash for inventory now!