Andy Warhol
1928 - 1987

$ (Quadrant). 1982.
Silkscreen in colors.
Signed and numbered. One of 10 artist proofs in varying colors, aside from the edition of 60 copies in different colors . On Lennox Museum Board. 101.5 x 81.2 cm (39.9 x 31.9 in).
One of the two sheets in the portfolio of the same title. Printed by Rupert Jasen Smith, New York (with blindstamp). Published by Andy Warhol, New York (with the copyright stamp on the reverse). [JS].

• Unique print: Within the edition, each print displays an individual color combination.
• Rare. Prints from this small edition are extremely rare on the international auction market.
• Pop Art and perfection: repetition and variation within a single motif.
• Art and commerce: Following his “Campbell’s Soup” cans, Warhol takes his artistic principle to the extreme with the dollar signs, five years before his unexpected death.
• Focus on the dollar sign: Warhol masterfully reduces the American world of consumerism to a single symbol.

PROVENANCE: Martin Lawrence Galleries, New York (with a label on the back of the frame).
Private collection, Austria (acquired from the above).

LITERATURE: Frayda Feldman, Jörg Schellmann, Claudia Defendi. Andy Warhol Prints. A catalogue raisonné 1962-1987, New York 2003, CR no. II.283 (illustrated, different copy).

"Don't think about making art, just get it done. Let everyone else decide if it's good or bad, whether they love it or hate it."
Andy Warhol