Lot 10
Self-Portrait (Fright Wig)
Sold
$1,633,000
Est $800,000 - $1,200,000
Live Auction
20TH CENTURY & CONTEMPORARY ART EVENING SALE
ARTIST
Andy Warhol
Size
12 x 12 in. (30.5 x 30.5 cm)
Description
PROPERTY FROM AN ESTEEMED PRIVATE COLLECTION

Medium
synthetic polymer paint and silkscreen ink on canvas
Signature
Executed in 1986.
Provenance
The Estate of Andy Warhol and the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, New York Richard Polsky (acquired from the above) Christie’s, New York, May 12, 2005, lot 285 Acquired at the above sale by the present owner
Literature
Richard Polsky, I bought Andy Warhol, New York, 2003, pp. 233-234 (illustrated on the cover) Richard Polsky, I sold Andy Warhol. (too soon), New York, 2009, pp. 5, 7-10, 14-18, 248, 258
Exhibited
Mänttä, Serlachius Museum Gösta, SuperPop!, June 14–September 14, 2014, p. 212 (illustrated, p. 213)