Lot 535 - Auction 38

ANDY WARHOL
Pittsburgh, 1928 - New York, 1987

2 Jefferson’s Dollars, 1976
6,7 x 15,7 cm
Unique work
Signature on the front with black marker: Andy Warhol
On the back two postage stamps authenticated 13 April and 4 July 1976

EXIBITIONS AND PUBLICATIONS
Pop Icons, Restelliartco Gallery, January 20 - February 6 2015, Rome, authorized from 'The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc' by SIAE 2015

The two Jefferson’s dollars are very rare, again introduced in 1976 and gradually withdrawn.
Andy Warhol signs and stamps them on July 4th 1976, day of the bicentennial anniversary of the Declaration of independence - 4 July 1776.
The value of the postage stamp was 13 cents, as many as the American states during the union.
The back of the two dollars represents a painting by Trumbull dated early nineteenth century about the American declaration of independence.
Some samples are published on the catalog 'Andy Warhol Vetrine' by Achille Bonito Oliva - Silvana Editoriale