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Andy Warhol

(United States, 1928-1987)
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200 000 - 300 000 SEK
17 900 - 26 800 EUR
18 300 - 27 500 USD
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260 000 SEK
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Andy Warhol
(United States, 1928-1987)

"Kimiko"

Screenprints in colour 1981, signed and numbered 110/250 on verso. Printed by Licht Editions, Ltd., Denver, published by Colorado State University, Department of Art, Fort Collins, Colorado. 91.5 x 91.5 cm.

Literature

Feldman & Schellmann II 237.

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In the beginning of the 1970s, Andy Warhol began to focus on what became his staple of this era: portraits of the rich, famous and beautiful. He also began to accept commissions, as in this portrait of Kimiko Powers dressed in an elegant kimono with her hair arranged in a Japanese style.
Kimiko had together with her hasband John amassed one of the most impressive private collections of Pop Art. The commission resulted in 25 canvases in different colours based on a polaroid photo.

The image was 1981 made into this screenprint in vibrant colours in an edition of 250, published to raise funds for a visual arts program sponsoring artists and exhibitions at Colorado State University.