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| Image | Sale date | Auction house | Location | Sale name | Lot No. | Estimate | Price Sold | Condition | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Feb 13, 2020 | Christie's | London | Post-War and Contemporary Art Evening Sale | 27 | $****** - ****** | Pelé |
paintings
101.6 x 101.6 cm (40 x 40 in)
acrylic and silkscreen ink on linen
signed 'Andy Warhol ©' and signed by Edson Pelé (on the reverse)
Acquired directly from the artist by the late owner.
Dallas, University Gallery, Southern Methodist University, Andy Warhol: Portraits, 1978. This exhibition later travelled to Houston, Texas Gallery (exhibition titled Andy Warhol: Athletes).
London, Institute of Contemporary Arts, Athletes by Andy Warhol, 1978.
London, Martin Summers Fine Art, Andy Warhol: The Athlete Series, 2007, p. 64 (illustrated in colour, p. 65).
Beijing, Galleri Faurschou, Andy Warhol: Sports, Stars and Society, 2008.
Sacramento, Crocker Art Museum, American Pop: Featuring Andy Warhol's Athletes from the Richard Weisman Collection, 2008.
Athens, Byzantine and Christian Museum, Warhol Icon: The Creation of an Image, 2009-2010, p. 60 (illustrated in colour, p. 40).
Calgary, Museum of Contemporary Art Calgary, Andy Warhol: The Athlete Series, 2013.
Burlington, Robert Hull Fleming Museum, University of Vermont, Andy Warhol's Athletes, 2013.
Dayton, Dayton Art Institute, Andy Warhol: Athletes and The Art of Sport, Highlights from the Collection of the Dayton Art Institute, 2013.
Reno, Nevada Museum of Art, Andy Warhol: Athletes, 2013-2014.
San Antonio, San Antonio Museum of Art, Andy Warhol: The Athletes, 2014.
Oklahoma City, The Oklahoma City Museum of Art, Warhol: The Athletes, 2015.
E. Pelé, Edson Arantes Do Nascimento Pelé, London 2006 (illustrated in colour, unpaged).
N. Printz and S. King-Nero (eds.), The Andy Warhol Catalogue Raisonné: Paintings 1976-1978, vol. 5A, New York 2018, p. 380, no. 3771 (illustrated in colour, p. 377).
