ANDY WARHOL

Saint Apollonia: one plate

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ANDY WARHOL
Saint Apollonia: one plate
screenprint in colors, 1984, on Essex Offset Kid paper, signed in pencil, numbered 'TP 68/80' (a trial proof, the edition was 250 plus 35 artist's proofs), published Dr. Frank Braun, Düsseldorf, with full margins, in very good condition, framed
Image: 31 x 22 3/8 in. (787 x 568 mm.)
Sheet: 34 7/8 x 23 in. (886 x 584 mm.)

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(see F. & S. IIB.332)

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Warhol based the St. Apollonia portfolio on a 1470 Renaissance painting of Saint Apollonia by Piero della Francesca. After she was martyred by having her teeth violently removed, she has been known as the patron saint of dentistry.

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