Morgan O'Driscoll Irish & International Art Auction 21st October 2019

I rish & I nternational A rt M onday 21 st O ctober 2019 at 6.00 pm 47 36 Andy Warhol (1928-1987) American Mao Tse-Tung (Announcement) signed in black felt-tip pen by the artist offset lithograph printed in colours, 1972 17.5 x 35cm (6.9 x 13.8in) Provenance: Deodato Arte, Milan, Italy; Private Collection €6,000-9,000 (£5,309-7,964) Ten years after Andy Warhol’s breakthrough works - including stencil and silkscreen-based multiples of Campbell’s Soup and Coco-Cola labels and mass media images of Marilyn Monroe - he had reached much further in search of subjects that might be treated in the same way. They included Elvis, car crashes and most wanted criminal mugshots. Mao Tse-Tung, he realized at some point, was an iconic figure who warranted celebrity treatment. And there was the mixed message chemistry of combining revolutionary politics with Pop Art.