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African Elephant (F. & S. II.293) - Signed Print by Andy Warhol 1983 - MyArtBroker

African Elephant (F. & S. II.293)
Signed Print

Andy Warhol

£150,000-£230,000Value Indicator

$310,000-$470,000 Value Indicator

$280,000-$430,000 Value Indicator

¥1,460,000-¥2,240,000 Value Indicator

€170,000-€270,000 Value Indicator

$1,600,000-$2,450,000 Value Indicator

¥29,810,000-¥45,710,000 Value Indicator

$200,000-$310,000 Value Indicator

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97 x 97cm, Edition of 150, Screenprint

Medium: Screenprint

Edition size: 150

Year: 1983

Size: H 97cm x W 97cm

Signed: Yes

Format: Signed Print

Last Auction: June 2025

Value Trend:

54% AAGR

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June 2025
Phillips London
United Kingdom
N/A
N/A
N/A
June 2024
Van Ham Fine Art Auctions
Germany
June 2023
Van Ham Fine Art Auctions
Germany
October 2022
Phillips New York
United States
October 2021
Phillips New York
United States
March 2020
Sotheby's London
United Kingdom
May 2019
Bonhams New York
United States
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The value of Andy Warhol’s African Elephant (F. & S. II.293) is estimated to be worth between £150,000 and £230,000. This signed screenprint from 1983 has shown consistent value growth, with an impressive average annual growth rate of 54%. This work has an auction history of 42 total sales since its entry to the market in November 2002. In the last 12 months, the average selling price was £170,000 across 2 sales. Over the past five years, the hammer price has ranged from £80,969 in June 2024 to £170,000 in June 2025. The edition size of this artwork is limited to 150.

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Meaning & Analysis

African Elephant (F. & S. II.293) is part of the Endangered Species series, commissioned in 1983 by New York gallerists and environmental activists, Ronald and Frayda Feldman. The aim of the commission was to raise awareness about threatened wildlife and the threat of climate change, hunting and deforestation on the natural ecosystem. This series is more political than Warhol’s other series like Ads or Campbell’s Soup, which focus on consumer culture and commercialism. The series is also more personal than the other series focussing on everyday consumer goods, as Warhol himself was an animal lover and had a keen interest in nature and wildlife.

The print was made using Warhol’s signature screen printing technique. The overstated multicoloured gestural lines emphasise the elephant’s grandeur and impressive physique, adding dynamism to its body in motion. By transforming the elephant into a work of Pop Art, Warhol is demanding people look at it and pay attention to the threat humanity is posing to this species’ existence. Through the Pop Art aesthetic, the elephant becomes a cultural icon that is impossible to ignore.

  • 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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