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Mercedes-Benz W 196 R Grand Prix Car (Streamlined Version, 1954) by Andy Warhol

Andy Warhol

Mercedes-Benz W 196 R Grand Prix Car (Streamlined Version, 1954), 1987

Synthetic polymer and silkscreen inks on canvas
407.6 x 457.5 cm (160.47 x 180.12 in)
Paintings
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Last recorded sale at Christie's, New York (12 Nov 2013)
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ImageSale dateAuction houseLocationSale nameLot No.EstimatePrice SoldConditionTitle
Nov 12, 2013
Christie'sNew YorkPost-War and Contemporary Evening Sale61
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Mercedes-Benz W 196 R Grand Prix Car (Streamlined Version, 1954)
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Artwork Description
Category

paintings

Dimensions

407.6 x 457.5 cm (160.47 x 180.12 in)

Materials

synthetic polymer and silkscreen inks on canvas

Signature

stamped with signature 'Andy Warhol' (on the overlap)

Provenance

Galerie Hans Mayer, Düsseldorf.

Acquired from the above by the present owner.

Exhibited

Kunsthalle Tübingen, Andy Warhol: Cars, die letzten Bilder, January-March 1988, p. 45 (illustrated in color). New York, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, Andy Warhol: Cars, September-November 1988, p. 139, no. 45 (illustrated in color). Ikaho, Hara Museum ARC; Sapporo, Hokkaido Museum of Modern Art, and Kagawa, Prefectural Cultural Center, Andy Warhol Cars, May-November 1989. Kunstmuseum Bern, Andy Warhol Cars, March-April 1990, pp. 45 and 143 (illustrated in color). Barcelona, Museo Palau de la Virreina, Andy Warhol Cars, 1991. Madrid, Fundación Juan March,Andy Warhol Coches, October 1990-January 1991, pp. 86-87 and 116, no. 29 (illustrated in color and on the front and back covers). Ludwigshafen, Wilhelm-Hack-Museum, Andy Warhol Cars: The Last Pictures, September 1996-January 1997, p. 10 (illustrated in color). Neuss, Langen Foundation, Perfect Painting: 40 Jahre Galerie Hans Mayer, July-October 2005, pp. 102-103 (illustrated in color). Vienna, Albertina, Cars: Andy Warhol, Robert Longo, Sylvie Fleury, Vincent Szarek, from the Daimler Art Collection aus der Daimler Kunst Sammlung, January-May 2010, pp. 138-139 and 242 (illustrated in color).

Literature

D. Galloway, "Beuys and Warhol: Aftershocks," Art in America, July 1988, p. 120 (illustrated in color). Von Arp zu Warhol : Sammlung Daimler-Benz, Stuttgart, 1992, p. 285 (illustrated in color). R. Wiehager, ed., Andy Warhol: Card and Business Art, Stuttgart, 2002, pp. 21 and 63 (illustrated in color). Andy Warhol Cars 2010 Calendar, New York, 2009, December (illustrated in color). R. Chang, "Warhol's Benz Art in Rare Show," New York Times, 28 March 2010. R. Wiehager, Blitzen Benz Bang: Mixed Media, Skulpturen, Auftragswerke Mixed Media, Sculptures, Commissioned Works, Ostfildern, 2009, pp. 92-93 (illustrated in color).