Andy Warhol (1928-1987) - Rorschach, 1984

stamped twice with the Estate of Andy Warhol and the Andy Warhol Art Authentication Board stamps and numbered 'PA75.067' (on the overlap) and numbered again 'PA75.067' (on the stretcher) synthetic polymer and silkscreen ink on canvas  - 24 x 20 in. (61 x 53.3 cm.) - Painted in 1984. Estimate: $200,000-300,000

Provenance: The Estate of Andy Warhol and The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, New York
Gagosian Gallery, New York
Skarstedt Fine Art, New York
Acquired from the above by the present owner

Notes: "I was trying to do these to actually read into them and write about them, but I never really had the time to do that. So I was going to hire somebody to read into them, to pretend that it was me, so that they'd be a little more ...interesting. Because all I would see would be a dog's face or something like a tree or a bird or a flower. Somebody else could see a lot more."
(Andy Warhol as quoted in A. Warhol, America, New York, 1985, pp.126-129)

Christie's. First Open Post-War & Contemporary Art. 1 April 2008. 20 Rockefeller Plaza, New York