Andy Warhol (American, 1928 - 1987). "Ornamented Christmas Tree [Christmas card]". Original vintage color offset lithograph. 1960. Printed 1960. Signed in black marker, lower center. Edition unknown, presumed small. Light cream wove paper. The full sheet. Fine impression. Fine condition; fold as issued; unused; blank interior; lot includes original unused Tiffany envelope (embossed "Tiffany & Co. Makers New York"), also in fine condition. Warhol's lifetime Tiffany Christmas cards are scarce, and very rare signed. The most recent sale price we found of a card, unsigned and without the envelope, was $3,000 at Christie's New York, December 1st, 2014, lot #62. In 1956, in addition to all the work Warhol was getting drawing shoes and bags, he was commissioned to design Christmas cards for Tiffany & Co. on Fifth Avenue in New York City. Warhol's cards were subsequently published by Tiffany's every Christmas up to 1962, the year he started to show his paintings of soup cans. Our example offered here is from the original first printing in 1960. A subsequent reprinting appends "1960" to the title - please see attached image. Copyright © Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. Overall size: 6 7/16 x 5 1/16 in. (164 x 129 mm). [28733] |1800| {R100} (TL1) uozz~czzz