Name: Queen Margrethe Of Denmark Royal Edition (F. & S. II.342A)
Brand: Andy Warhol
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Track auction value trend

The value of Andy Warhol’s Queen Margrethe Of Denmark Royal Edition (F. & S. II.342A) is estimated to be worth between £40,000 and £60,000 (signed). This screenprint, created in 1985, has shown consistent value growth, with an average annual growth rate of 17%. This work has an auction history of three total sales since its entry to the market in September 2017. Over the past 12 months, the average selling price was £40,000, with the most recent sale being in June 2025. In the last five years, the hammer price has ranged from £40,000 in June 2025 to £72,000 in January 2023, with an average annual growth rate of 17%. The edition size of this artwork is limited to 30.

Meaning & Analysis

Andy Warhol exhibits his enchantment with fame and royalty in his Queen Margrethe Of Denmark (F. & S. II.342) print that forms part of his Reigning Queensseries from 1985. The female monarchs that he depicts would each have been reigning at the time Warhol made the prints. This print shows the traditional state portrait of Queen Margrethe, transformed into a lively Pop Art icon through the use of vivacious colours and flattened form.

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Warhol references the art historical genre of the history painting, appropriating the traditional portrait of Queen Margrethe and revitalising her as a glamour icon, now visually consumed by popular kitsch culture. The image has blocks of blue, yellow, red and pink colour that are seemingly collaged onto the print and Warhol draws attention to Queen Margrethe’s jewellery and facial features with freely drawn coloured lines. Her block blue dress is contrasted against a light purple background creating a pleasant colour clash that renders the portrait even more striking.

Playing with the notion that the regal figures that Warhol depicts would have their portraits widely distributed to the masses on stamps, currency and mass-media, the artist uses the screen printing method to replicate this repetition of their image. The Reigning Queen series makes a statement on the way in which mass-produced images are used as symbols of power, as well as the way in which the monarch’s face has become a reproducible commodity.