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Indian Head Nickel (F. & S. II.385) - Signed Print by Andy Warhol 1986 - MyArtBroker

Indian Head Nickel (F. & S. II.385)
Signed Print

Andy Warhol

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91 x 91cm, Edition of 250, Screenprint

Medium: Screenprint

Edition size: 250

Year: 1986

Size: H 91cm x W 91cm

Signed: Yes

Format: Signed Print

Last Auction: October 2024

Value Trend:

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Auction Date
Auction House
Location
Return to Seller
Hammer Price
Buyer Paid
October 2024
Christie's New York
United States
£49,122
£57,790
£72,816
March 2024
ART+OBJECT
New Zealand
October 2023
Christie's New York
United States
December 2022
Sotheby's New York
United States
November 2022
Bonhams New York
United States
October 2022
Christie's New York
United States
October 2022
Sotheby's New York
United States
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The value of Andy Warhol’s Indian Head Nickel (F. & S. II.385) is estimated to be worth between £50,000 to £80,000. This signed screenprint from 1986 has shown consistent value growth, with an impressive average annual growth rate of 32%. This work has an auction history of 15 total sales since its entry to the market on 29th June 2005. In the past 12 months, the average selling price was £57,790, across one total sale. Over the past five years, the hammer price has ranged from £37,262 in October 2022 to £61,346 in April 2022. The edition size of this artwork is limited to 250.

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Meaning & Analysis

As the coin does not represent any specific individual but rather a stereotypical image of a traditional Native American figure, Warhol deliberately plays into popular interpretations of the American West to create an ironic political commentary. In using the method of screen printing to create the series, essentially mass-producing the imagery to be widely distributed, Warhol reflects the way in which this image on the five cent coin would too have been widely distributed, thus shaping public perception on Native American culture.

In contrast to other prints in the series, this image is rendered in grey and silver hues, more realistically replicating the five cent coin, and Warhol uses white hand-drawn lines to contour the image. Indian Head Nickel (F. & S. II. 383) is also set in opposition to prints in the series that show portraits of famous actors from Western movies and well-known ‘heroic’ American figures like Teddy Roosevelt and Annie Oakley. By exposing the paradox between fame and anonymity in the popular narrative of the American West, Warhol seeks to unpack the concept of the classic American icon in mass culture.

  • Andy Warhol was a leading figure of the Pop Art movement and is often considered the father of Pop Art. Born in 1928, Warhol allowed cultural references of the 20th century to drive his work. From the depiction of glamorous public figures, such as Marilyn Monroe, to the everyday Campbell’s Soup Can, the artist challenged what was considered art by blurring the boundaries between high art and mass consumerism. Warhol's preferred screen printing technique further reiterated his obsession with mass culture, enabling art to be seen as somewhat of a commodity through the reproduced images in multiple colour ways.

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