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San Francisco Silverspot Butterfly (F. & S. II 298) - Signed Print by Andy Warhol 1983 - MyArtBroker

San Francisco Silverspot Butterfly (F. & S. II 298)
Signed Print

Andy Warhol

£80,000-£130,000Value Indicator

$170,000-$270,000 Value Indicator

$150,000-$240,000 Value Indicator

¥780,000-¥1,270,000 Value Indicator

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$850,000-$1,390,000 Value Indicator

¥15,920,000-¥25,880,000 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: April 2024

Value Trend:

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Return to Seller
Hammer Price
Buyer Paid
April 2024
Barridoff Galleries
United States
N/A
N/A
N/A
February 2019
Los Angeles Modern Auctions
United States
July 2015
Christie's New York
United States
April 2015
Christie's New York
United States
April 2013
Bonhams Los Angeles
United States
April 2011
Phillips New York
United States
May 2007
Bonhams San Francisco
United States
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The value of Andy Warhol’s San Francisco Silverspot Butterfly (F. & S. II 298) is estimated to be worth between £80,000 to £130,000. This signed screenprint, created in 1983, has shown consistent value growth, with an average annual growth rate of 15%. This work has an auction history of nine total sales since its initial entry to the market in May 2002. The hammer price over the past five years has ranged from £75,086 in November 2017 to £94,522 in September 2021. The edition size of this artwork is limited to 150.

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Meaning & Analysis

San Francisco Silverspot Butterfly (F. & S. II 298) is part of the Endangered Species series, commissioned in 1983 by New York gallerists and environmental activists, Ronald and Frayda Feldman. This series is composed of 10 prints, each depicting a different endangered species. The purpose of the series was to raise awareness about the environment and the threat humanity is causing to wildlife. The series reflects Warhol’s personal interest in and concern for nature and the environment. The artist took part in campaigning for ecological issues such as beach erosion and, after Warhol’s death, The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts donated 15 acres of Warhol’s protected beachfront in Montauk, New York, to the Nature Conservancy in 1992.

The print was made using Warhol’s signature screen printing technique. Unlike other prints in the series in which the animals are rendered against a plain coloured backdrop, the Silverspot Butterfly is superimposed on a picture of grass in an uncharacteristic purple. In doing this, Warhol transforms the Butterfly into a Pop Art icon, elevating the butterfly into the realm of fine art, and demanding people look at it and take notice of this endangered species.

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