Andy Warhol (1928-1987)
Frederick Weisman (Feldman & Schellmann II.23)
The rare screenprint in colours, 1975, initialled in pencil recto, signed, dated and numbered from the edition of 10 verso, on Arches Aquarelle wove paper, published by Andy Warhol Enterprises, Inc., New York, the full sheet printed to the edges, sheet 1118 x 730mm (44 x 28 3/4 in) (unframed)
Frederick Weisman and his wife Marcia (the sister of the collector Norton Simon) started collecting art in the late 1940s, by the late 60s they had amassed one of the finest collections of post-war American art on the West Coast. Their collection was world renowned and they were famously depicted in David Hockney"s painting American Collectors (Fred and Marcia Weisman) which is now in the collection of the Art Institute of Chicago. After their divorce in 1979 they split the collection, Marcia donated many of her works to the newly formed Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles. Frederick ultimately set up the Frederick R. Wesiman Foundation located at his Los Angeles Estate where the public are able to see art in more domestic setting separated from the traditional confines of a museum.