Andy Warhol (1928-1987). (After) Marilyn.
1970. Screenprint in colors, on wove paper, the full sheet printed to the edges, sheet 91.4 x 91.4 cm. Not signed. Numbered 52 in pencil top left of verso. Rare black ink unauthorized edition of 250 published by Sunday B. Morning in Belgium made from the original negatives Warhol used to publish his ‘Factory Additions' screenprints of Marilyn in 1967. In collaboration with Warhol, the Sunday B. Morning publishers decided that they would stamp on the back of their prints “fill in your own signature" as a play on the concept of mass production, and the new prints would be done in different color combinations than Warhol's originals from 1967. There was a falling out between Warhol and the Sunday B. Morning publishers, possibly about money, and communication between them ceased.
The Belgian printers, already in possession of Warhol's negatives, went ahead and published editions of 250 of Marilyn, Flowers, and Campbell's Soup Cans in 1970. When the Sunday B. Morning editions began appearing in the art market, Warhol was not pleased. He had not stopped the production of the unauthorized prints, but when he came across a Sunday B. Morning print he would sign it “This is not by me. Andy Warhol." This only served to make the prints even more desirable. Today the black ink Sunday B. Morning prints from 1970, with “fill in your own signature" and “published by Sunday B. Morning" stamped in black ink on the verso, are exceptionally rare with few having survived. Literature: Andy Warhol Prints: A Catalogue Raisonne 1962-1987, Feldman and Schellmann, 2003. Provenance: purchased from an art dealer in the
Netherlands. Archival frame is 41 x 41 inches.
Excellent condition with bright colors.
Est. $3,000-5,000. Ship: $150